Section 5473.11 Of Article 4. Sanitation And Sewerage Systems From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 5. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 4.
5473.11
. (a) An entity shall notify the assessee shown on the
latest equalized assessment roll whenever delinquent and unpaid
charges for services which would become a lien on the property
pursuant to subdivision (b) remain delinquent and unpaid for 60 days.
(b) The amount of the unpaid charges may, in the discretion of the
entity, be secured at any time by filing for record in the office of
the county recorder of any county, a certificate specifying the
amount of the unpaid charges and the name and address of the person
liable for those unpaid charges. From the time of recordation of the
certificate, the amount required to be paid together with interest
and penalty constitutes a lien upon all real property in the county
owned by the person or afterwards, and before the lien expires,
acquired by him or her. The lien shall have the force, priority, and
effect of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the
date of the filing of the certificate unless sooner released or
otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the filing
of the certificate or within 10 years from the date of the last
extension of the lien in the manner herein provided, be extended by
filing for record a new certificate in the office of the county
recorder of any county and from the time of this filing the lien
shall be extended to the real property in this county for 10 years
unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.