Rev. & Tax. Code, § 20640.3 · Chapter 3.5. Senior Citizens Possessory Interest Holder Property Tax Postponement Law
Rev. & Tax. Code, § 20640.3
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
A claimant is an individual who:
(a) Holds a right to a possessory interest pursuant to a validly recorded instrument conveying such possessory interest for a term of years no less than 45 years beyond the last day of the calendar year ending immediately prior to the fiscal year for which taxes are initially postponed.
(b) Occupies as a principal place of residence the residential dwelling affixed to such possessory interest real property on the last day of the year designated in subdivision (d) of Section 20503.
(c) Is either (1) 62 years of age or older on or before December 31 of the fiscal year for which postponement is claimed or (2) blind or disabled, as defined in Section 12050 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, at the time of application or on February 10 of the fiscal year for which the postponement is claimed.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 387, Sec. 28. (SB 205) Effective January 1, 2018.
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