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SF 3R request preparation tool

BSR-PB-18-2026-08-01-d6d75d1fca59c609 · issued 2026-08-01 · evidence cutoff 2026-08-01. Dated snapshot; not a live-status guarantee.

BSR-PB-18-2026-08-01-d6d75d1fca59c609. Issued 2026-08-01; evidence cutoff 2026-08-01. Bay page. Public-source facts for local print or save.

Edition evidence cutoff: 2026-08-01. Cited source reviews in this edition: 2026-07-18–2026-08-01. Dated snapshot; not a live-status guarantee.

Your local preparation sheet

Build the full preparation sheet

Form fields, published amounts, DBI response details, and the artifact chain.

Personal review marks: 0 checked; 10 remaining in this view. Marks do not mean complete, submitted, accepted, or applicable.

Manual review sheet: mark the boxes on paper. A saved PDF is static and does not update a completion count.

Scenario: San Francisco DBI 3R request preparation; Bay does not evaluate whether a 3R is required.

Source facts only. Bay does not decide applicability, request count, acceptance, closing, or how to interpret an issued report.

Personal review marks only. No fields entered, sent, or stored. Marks are not completion, submission, payment, acceptance, applicability, compliance, or City status. Browsers may restore or clear them.

Manual review marks only. Check boxes on paper after printing. A saved PDF is static. No fields are entered, sent, or stored; marks are not completion, submission, payment, acceptance, applicability, compliance, or City status.

  1. City form

    Applicant-facing only; City office-use fields excluded.DBI 2026-08-01
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    City application
    Application for Report of Residential Building Record. Source 2026-08-01
  2. Official DBI payment

    These are official DBI amounts paid to DBI, not prices charged by Bay Sale Ready.

    DBI 2026-08-01
    SF.gov 2026-07-27
    Intermediate receipt
    UNKNOWN — reviewed sources did not identify a separate submission or payment receipt.
  3. DBI response

    Issuance window: seven to ten business days; start unstated—not an SLA or closing timeline.SF.gov 2026-07-27
    Delivery: email PDF, mail, or pickup.SF.gov 2026-07-27
    Emailed copy: current form calls it the original 3R Report.DBI 2026-08-01
    DBI output
    Report of Residential Building Record (3R Report), issued by DBI. Source 2026-07-18
  4. Later buyer receipt

    Buyer receipt
    Buyer receipt on a form furnished by the Department of Building Inspection. Source 2026-07-18

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This Bay preparation sheet is not a City application, receipt, certificate, compliance proof, closing record, or 3R.

Bay preparation ends here. The City process begins on SF.gov/DBI.

Open DBI's online 3R application, then verify the current form, request count, amount, and delivery instructions before submitting.

Open the official DBI 3R application ↗https://dbiweb02.sfgov.org/dbi_records/default.aspx?page=Application1

Official action source: DBI online 3R application · source record reviewed August 1, 2026.

Bay does not decide acceptance, additional parcel material, or request count. Verify them with DBI.

Open the source-backed artifact map and evidence
Bay edition
BSR-PB-18-2026-08-01-d6d75d1fca59c609 · issued August 1, 2026. Open the current canonical URL.
Payload fingerprint: d6d75d1fca59c609.
Evidence snapshot
Cut off August 1, 2026; individual cited-source receipts run from July 18, 2026 through August 1, 2026. This saved edition does not update automatically.
Change history
First release-candidate edition. Bay corrected the form identity before publication: the legacy City URL now serves the July 12, 2026 form, so it is not evidence of a current $286 form.

Source-defined scenario

DBI's published process for preparing and sending a request for a Report of Residential Building Record (3R). Building, condominium, and co-op instructions remain source-stated facts; Bay does not select a branch or request count.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 1–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · service steps · source record reviewed July 27, 2026

Covered by this tool

  • Fields published on DBI's current July 12, 2026 application
  • The published base fee, online-card amount, issuance window, and delivery channels
  • City-named application, issued 3R report, and downstream buyer receipt as separate artifacts

Not covered

  • Whether a 3R is required for a property or transaction
  • How many requests or reports are needed, or whether DBI will accept one
  • A submission status, payment receipt, closing timeline, or property-specific total

Published sequence and City-named artifacts

Only source-stated stages and relationships appear below. Their order does not choose a branch or forecast completion.

Published request-to-report path

Source-stated stages only. A missing intermediate artifact stays UNKNOWN rather than being invented.

  1. City form

    DBI's July 12, 2026 form publishes the request fields and identifies the signer as the legal owner or authorized agent.

    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 1–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026

    City-named artifact: Application for Report of Residential Building Record.

    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · title · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
  2. Official DBI payment

    The current form publishes $379 for each report and no refund or cancellation after DBI receives the request and payment. The live page separately publishes the online-card total and says no changes are allowed after payment. These are DBI charges paid to DBI, not prices charged by Bay Sale Ready.

    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · page 1 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Cost and Send in the request · source record reviewed July 27, 2026

    City-named artifact: UNKNOWN — reviewed sources did not identify a separate submission or payment receipt.

    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · named artifacts · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · request steps · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
    • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Housing Code Section 351 ↗Housing Code Section 351(a) and (c) · source record reviewed July 18, 2026
  3. DBI response

    The live page publishes the issuance window and delivery channels. The current form says an emailed report is the original 3R Report.

    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Send in the request and After you request · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · page 3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026

    City-named artifact: Report of Residential Building Record (3R Report), issued by DBI.

    • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Housing Code Section 351 ↗Housing Code Section 351(c) · source record reviewed July 18, 2026
    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · title · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
    • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · After you request · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
  4. Later buyer receipt

    Housing Code Section 351 states that the owner or authorized agent delivers the issued report to the buyer or transferee before the sale or exchange is completed, and that the buyer files a receipt with DBI on a Department-furnished form.

    • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Housing Code Section 351 ↗Housing Code Section 351(a) · source record reviewed July 18, 2026

    City-named artifact: Buyer receipt on a form furnished by the Department of Building Inspection.

    • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Housing Code Section 351 ↗Housing Code Section 351(a) · source record reviewed July 18, 2026

Published money, kept in separate classes

Published values and unknown or variable cost buckets
ItemValueClass and basis
Published 3R base fee$379published agency fee

The current DBI form is canonical for the payment instruction; the live page corroborates it. Ordinance 112-26 records the enacted change effective July 12, 2026.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · page 1 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Cost · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
  • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · Ordinance 112-26 · Building permit fees adjustment ↗Ordinance 112-26 · Table 1A-L · source record reviewed July 26, 2026
Online credit-card payment total$388.48observed payment total

The live page displays this total after its 2.5% card charge; it is not added again to $379.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Cost · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
Amount replaced by Ordinance 112-26$286dated older amount

The signed ordinance shows $286 as the struck prior amount and $379 as the enacted amount. No live application is cited for $286 in this edition.

  • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · Ordinance 112-26 · Building permit fees adjustment ↗Ordinance 112-26 · Table 1A-L · source record reviewed July 26, 2026
Other transaction or private costsNOT PUBLISHED IN THIS 3R SOURCE SETnot published in this source set

The reviewed 3R request sources do not publish an all-in transaction or repair total.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · service scope · source record reviewed July 27, 2026

Subtotal rule: $379 is the published base fee; $388.48 is the published online-card total. They are two views of one payment, not values to add. This is not a property-specific total.

Published task facts, dates, periods, and distinctions

Form date field

Form: date.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Block and lot fields

Form: block and lot.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Building addresses and corner status

Form: building/other addresses; corner status.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Condo, unit, and building-count fields

Form: condo/co-op, unit; residential-building count (not units).

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Legal-owner fields

Form: legal-owner name/address.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Applicant, contact, and signature fields

Form: applicant name/address/phone/signature.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Owner or agent attestation

Form: owner/agent attestation.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Delivery destination and contact fields

Form: delivery destination/contact.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Local checklist scope

Applicant-facing only; City office-use fields excluded.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · pages 2–3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Base fee

Base fee: $379 per report; not a request-count or transaction total.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · page 1 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Cost · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
  • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · Ordinance 112-26 · Building permit fees adjustment ↗Ordinance 112-26 · Table 1A-L · source record reviewed July 26, 2026
Published online-card total

Online card: $388.48 includes 2.5%; do not add it to $379.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Cost · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
Issuance window

Issuance window: seven to ten business days; start unstated—not an SLA or closing timeline.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Send in the request · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
Delivery channels

Delivery: email PDF, mail, or pickup.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · Send in the request and After you request · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · page 3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Emailed copy

Emailed copy: current form calls it the original 3R Report.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · page 3 · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
Effective date

July 12, 2026 for Ordinance 112-26.

  • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Building Code table of amendments ↗Building Code amendment table · source record reviewed July 26, 2026
Published report period

Housing Code Section 352 states that the issued report is effective for one year from its issuance date.

  • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Housing Code Section 352 ↗Housing Code Section 352(b) · source record reviewed July 18, 2026

Unknowns

unknown

No separately named intermediate receipt identified

The reviewed source set names the application, the issued 3R, and a later buyer receipt. A separate submission confirmation or payment receipt was not identified; this remains UNKNOWN rather than a claim that none exists.

  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Application for Report of Residential Building Record · July 12, 2026 ↗July 12, 2026 application · named artifacts · source record reviewed August 1, 2026
  • Evidence: San Francisco Department of Building Inspection · Request a Report of Residential Building Record ↗SF.gov request page · request steps · source record reviewed July 27, 2026
  • Evidence: City and County of San Francisco · San Francisco Housing Code Section 351 ↗Housing Code Section 351(a) and (c) · source record reviewed July 18, 2026

What this tool does not decide

Bay Sale Ready does not issue or submit a 3R. A printed or saved Bay artifact is not a City application, 3R report, payment or submission receipt, buyer receipt, certificate, proof of compliance, or closing record.

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