Article 3. Claims of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.5. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 3.
Each claimant applying for postponement under Article 2
(commencing with Section 20601) shall file a claim under penalty of
perjury with the Controller on a form supplied by the Controller. The
claim shall contain all of the following:
(a) Evidence acceptable to the Controller that the person (1) is
62 years of age or older on or before December 31 of the fiscal year
for which the postponement is claimed or (2) blind or disabled, as
defined in Section 12050 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, at the
time of application or on December 10 of the fiscal year for which
the postponement is claimed, whichever is earlier.
(b) A statement showing the household income for the period set
forth in Section 20503.
(c) A statement describing the residential dwelling in a manner
that the Controller may prescribe.
(d) The name of the county in which the residential dwelling is
located and the address of the residential dwelling.
(e) The county assessor's parcel number applicable to the property
for which the claimant is applying for the postponement of property
taxes.
(f) (1) Documentation evidencing the current existence of any
abstract of judgment, federal tax lien, or state tax lien filed or
recorded against the applicant, and any recorded mortgage or deed of
trust that affects the subject residential dwelling, for the purpose
of determining that the claimant possesses a 40-percent equity in the
subject residential dwelling as required by paragraph (1) of
subdivision (b) of Section 20583.
(2) Actual costs, not in excess of fifty dollars ($50), paid by
the claimant to obtain the documentation shall reduce the amount of
the lien for the year, but not the face amount of the payment
prescribed in Section 16180 of the Government Code.
(g) Other information required by the Controller to establish
eligibility.
The claim for postponement shall be filed after October 1 of
the fiscal year in which the postponement is claimed and on or
before February 10 of that fiscal year; if February 10th falls on
Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the date is extended to the
next business day.
(a) No person shall file a claim for postponement under this
chapter on or after the effective date of the act adding this
section, and the Controller shall not accept applications for
postponement under this chapter on or after that date.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and as
of January 1, 2017, is repealed.