Section 1496 Of Article 3. Loan Limits From California Financial Code >> Division 1.1. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 3.
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. For the purpose of determining whether any loan or investment
is secured by a first lien on real property as required by any
provision of this division, none of the following shall be deemed a
prior encumbrance unless any installment or payment thereunder, other
than a rental or royalty under a lease, is due and delinquent:
(a) The lien of any tax, assessment, or bond levied or issued by
any state or territory of the United States or by any district,
political subdivision, or municipal corporation thereof, except the
lien of an assessment levied against a particular parcel of real
property and of any bond given or issued pursuant to law in lieu of
the payment of the assessment.
(b) A lien created by a contract and given to secure the payment
for water to be furnished under the contract for the irrigation of
the real property or any part thereof.
(c) A lease of the real property under which all rents or
royalties are reserved to the owner.
(d) The lien of a bond given or issued pursuant to law in lieu of
the payment of an assessment levied against a particular parcel of
real property and the lien of any assessment levied to pay that bond,
if the unpaid balance of the bond and the amount of the loan or
investment combined do not exceed the percentage of the sound market
value of the real property permitted to be so loaned or invested by
any provision of this division.
(e) A lien given to secure the payment of any assessment or
subscription to meet the requirements of any law of the United States
in respect to any irrigation project of the United States in any
state or territory of the United States which may be levied, made, or
received by any corporation or association formed to carry out the
provisions of that law, if the unpaid balance of the assessment or
subscription and the amount of the loan or investment combined do not
exceed the percentage of the sound market value of the real property
permitted to be so loaned or invested by any provision of this
division.