Civ. Code, § 3045.5 · Chapter 4. Hospital Liens
Civ. Code, § 3045.5
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The person, partnership, association, corporation or other institution or body maintaining the hospital may, at any time within one year after the date of the payment to the injured person, or to his heirs, attorney, or legal representative, enforce its lien by filing an action at law against the person, firm, or corporation making the payment and to whom such notice was given as herein provided.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2080.
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