Rev. & Tax. Code, § 5062 · Article 3. Cancellation of Assessments on Public Lands on Application of Property Owner
Rev. & Tax. Code, § 5062
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
If any public land is heretofore or hereafter assessed and the taxes are not paid, the board of supervisors shall order the auditor to cancel the assessment if:
(a) Verified application is made by the owner of the land, and
(b) The applicant files with the board of supervisors a certificate of the Register of the United States Lands Office, or of the State Lands Commission, showing that the assessee or his successor in interest never received a patent or otherwise acquired title to the land.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 154.
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