Section 20605 Of Article 2. Postponement From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.5. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
20605
. (a) The postponement of property taxes pursuant to this
chapter shall not affect the obligation of a borrower to continue to
make payments to a lender with respect to an impound, trust, or other
type of account described in Section 2954 of the Civil Code which
was established prior to the effective date of subdivision (b).
(b) Except where required by federal law or regulation and
notwithstanding Sections 7153.2 and 7153.8 of the Financial Code, or
in the case of a loan which is made, guaranteed, or insured by a
federal government lending or insuring agency requiring the borrower
to make payments to a lender with respect to an impound, trust, or
other type of account described in Section 2954 of the Civil Code, or
where this subdivision would impair the obligations of a loan
agreement executed prior to the effective date of this subdivision,
no lender shall require a borrower to maintain an impound, trust or
other type of account with regard to taxes once such borrower has
elected to postpone such taxes pursuant to this chapter and has first
submitted to such lender evidence of tax postponement. Any payments
made by such borrower, prior to the time of submission of such
evidence of tax postponement, to such an impound, trust or other type
of account with regard to taxes for any such period, if not
previously used in payment or partial payment of such taxes, shall be
refunded to such borrower within thirty days thereafter.