Revenue and Taxation Code section 3953

All unknown defendants, except unknown defendants owning a special assessment, shall be described in the complaint, as follows: “Also all other persons unknown, claiming any right, title, estate, lien or interest in the real property described in the complaint, adverse to plaintiff’s ownership or any cloud upon plaintiff’s title thereto.”

Source: Section 3953, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC§ionNum=3953. (updated Jan. 1, 1943; accessed Sep. 1, 2025).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/revenue_and_taxation_code_section_3953

Original Source: Section 3953, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC§ionNum=3953. (last accessed May 12, 2025).