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Code · California · Revenue and Taxation Code

§ 2191.3

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(a)The tax collector may make the filing specified in subdivision
(b)where either of the following occurs:
(1)There is a tax on any of the following:
(A)A possessory interest secured only by a lien on that taxed possessory interest.
(B)Goods in transit, not secured by any lien on real property.
(C)Improvements that have been assessed pursuant to Section 2188.2.
(D)Off-roll taxes on escape assessments where the error was not the fault of the assessee and the escape taxes are being paid pursuant to Section 4837.5.
(E)Unsecured property not secured by a lien on any real property, and where the tax has become delinquent or where there are prior unpaid and delinquent taxes with respect to that same property.
(2)A tax has been entered on the unsecured roll pursuant to Section 482, 531.2, or 4836.5, or transferred to the unsecured roll pursuant to any provision of law.
(b)A filing for record without fee in the office of the county recorder of any county of a certificate specifying the amount due, the name, the last four digits of his or her federal social security number, if known, and last known address of the assessee liable for the amount, and compliance with all provisions of this division with respect to the computation and levy of the tax if compliance has in fact occurred. The procedure authorized by this section is cumulative to the procedure provided by Sections 2951 and 3003. The county recorder shall, within 30 days after a filing as described in this subdivision with respect to delinquent taxes on unsecured property, send a notice of the filing to the assessee at the assessee’s last known address. The notice shall contain the information contained in the filing, and shall prominently display on its face the following heading:
“THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT A TAX LIEN HAS BEEN FILED WITH RESPECT TO UNSECURED PROPERTY”
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