Section 20823 Of Chapter 3. Financing From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.6. >> Chapter 3.
20823
. (a) The deferment 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 account, trust, or
other type of account described in Section 2954 of the Civil Code
which was established prior to the effective date of the act that
added this section.
(b) (1) No lender shall require a borrower to maintain an impound,
trust, or other similar type of account with regard to property
taxes once the borrower has deferred these taxes pursuant to this
chapter and submits to the lender evidence of tax deferment under
this part, except in the following circumstances:
(A) Federal law, regulation, rule, or program requires the
borrower to maintain an impound, trust, or other similar type of
account with regard to property taxes.
(B) The borrower is required to make payments to a lender using
the type of account described in Section 2954 of the Civil Code for a
loan that is made, guaranteed, or insured by a federal government
lending or insuring agency.
(C) The prohibition would impair the express obligations of a loan
agreement.
(2) If not previously used in payment or partial payment of
property taxes, any payment made by a borrower to an impound, trust,
or other similar type of account prior to the time of submission of
evidence of tax deferment pursuant to this part shall be refunded to
the borrower within 30 days thereafter.
(c) No lender or other person authorized to take sale on real
property shall file a notice of default based solely on a borrower's
failure to pay property taxes if the borrower provides evidence of
participation in the property tax deferment program established
pursuant to this part. A borrower who is a claimant shall provide
evidence of participation to each lender upon a participating county'
s approval of the claimant's application to participate in the
program.
(d) A letter or other written confirmation from the county
identifying an individual as a participant in the program, provided
pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 20811, shall
be considered as evidence of participation for purposes of this
section.