(a)
In lieu of completing the property statement as printed by the assessor pursuant to Section 452, the assessor may accept the information required of the taxpayer by any of the following methods:
(1)
Attachments to the property statement, provided that the attachments shall be in a format as specified by the assessor and one copy of the property statement, as printed by the assessor, is signed by the taxpayer and carries appropriate reference to the data attached.
(2)
An electronically filed property statement that is authenticated as provided in subdivision (k) of Section 441.
(3)
A property
statement that is substantially similar to the property statement as printed by the assessor that is signed by the taxpayer.
(b)
The assessor may consider information provided by any of the methods specified in subdivision (a) as the property statement for purposes of this division.