Government Code section 53344

In the event that the legislative body has specified conditions pursuant to Section 53321 under which the obligation to pay the special tax identified therein may be prepaid and permanently satisfied, and if the special tax is so prepaid and permanently satisfied as to a particular parcel of land, the legislative body shall prepare and record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the parcel of land is located, and the county recorder shall accept for recordation, a Notice of Cancellation of Special Tax Lien as to that parcel. The Notice of Cancellation of Special Tax Lien shall identify with particularity the special tax that has been prepaid and permanently satisfied, shall state the book and page number, or the document or instrument number, in the records of the county recorder where the Notice of Special Tax Lien being cancelled is recorded, shall contain the legal description and assessor’s parcel number of the particular parcel of land subject to the lien, and shall contain the name of the owner of record of the parcel. The recorder shall mail the original Notice of Cancellation of Special Tax Lien to the owner of the property after recording the document. The legislative body may specify a charge for the preparation and recordation of this notice.

Source: Section 53344, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=GOV§ionNum=53344.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2008; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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