SECTIONS 53880-53883 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 53880-53883

53880. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, before a water
district, as defined in Section 20200 of the Water Code, takes an
action that will terminate another party's interest in real property
as the means of collecting or enforcing delinquent assessments, fees,
charges, or other levies, the district shall make a reasonable
effort to ascertain the names and addresses of each holder of an
interest in the delinquent property that would be terminated by the
district. The district shall then provide each interest holder not
less than 45 days' notice, by certified mail, at that party's last
known address, of the intent of the district to take action that
would terminate the party's interest in the delinquent property.

53881. For purposes of this article, a district shall be deemed to
have made a reasonable effort to ascertain the names and addresses of
each party holding an interest in delinquent property if it obtains
a title guarantee, lot book guarantee, or similar guarantee from a
title company, or searches the official records of the county in
which the delinquent property is located. The cost of ascertaining
the names and addresses of each party, including without limitation,
the costs of any guarantees obtained from title companies, shall be
added to the amount of the delinquency that shall be paid in order to
cure the delinquency or redeem the delinquent property, or both.

53882. A district that complies with this article shall not be
deemed to have denied any party to which notice is required to be
given by this article, due process in connection with the termination
of that party's interest in the delinquent property resulting from
the action of the district as to which notice was provided. A
district required by other statutes governing that district to
provide notice to each holder of an interest in delinquent property
that would be terminated by virtue of an action by the district taken
as the means of collecting or enforcing delinquent assessments,
fees, charges, or other levies, shall be deemed to have complied with
those statutes if notice is provided in accordance with this
article.

53883. This article applies only to requirements to give notice to
third parties and not to existing statutory requirements to give
notice to the owner of the real property as shown on the most recent
assessment roll.