Section 2823 Of Article 3. Applications And Computations For Separate Assessments From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The county assessor shall determine a separate valuation
on the parcel, and shall determine the valuation of the remaining
parcel. The sum of the valuations of the parcels shall equal their
total valuation before separation.
(b) A separate valuation shall not be made of any parcel covered
by a subdivision map filed for record after the lien date immediately
preceding the current fiscal year. However, this prohibition shall
not apply in any county in which the board of supervisors provides
for a separate valuation pursuant to an ordinance adopted by a
majority vote of the board. In connection with the recording of a
final subdivision map a segregation may nevertheless be made so as to
include all of the land within the subdivision in a single parcel.
(c) A separate valuation shall not be made dividing any piece of
property separately assessed in the original assessment into more
than four parcels. However, this prohibition shall not apply in any
county in which the board of supervisors so provides in an ordinance
adopted by a majority vote of the board.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a separate
valuation to divide any existing residential structure into a
subdivision, as defined in Section 66424 of the Government Code,
shall not be made until a subdivision final map or parcel map, as
described in Sections 66434 and 66445, respectively, of the
Government Code has been recorded as required by law. If the
requirement for a parcel map is waived pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 66428 of the Government Code, then the assessor shall not
assign any parcel numbers or prepare a separate assessment or
separate valuation, unless the applicant provides a copy of the
finding made by the legislative body or advisory agency, as required
by that subdivision.
(e) With respect to nonresidential subdivisions, without regard to
the number of parcels involved, which are covered by special
assessment liens the bonds for which are owned by a county, the board
of supervisors of that county may authorize the county assessor,
auditor, and tax collector to prorate the amounts for past due
property taxes and assessment liens, plus any interest and penalties
that may have accrued thereon, among the various parcels in the
subdivision. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the tax
collector may then enter into an installment payment agreement with
respect to the pending subdivision map and thereupon the agreement
shall be deemed the equivalent of a certificate pursuant to Section
66492 of the Government Code for purposes of permitting the filing of
the final map and shall be recorded together with the final map,
provided that the past due property taxes, assessment liens, and the
special assessment lien shall not be discharged of record by the
agreement, but shall be prorated among the parcels created by the
final map.
(f) If the application requested that the tax created by the
assessment of personal property, or leasehold improvements, or
possessory interests be allowed to remain as a lien on the parcel
sought to be separately valued, and the assessor determines that the
value of the parcel is sufficient to secure the payment of the tax,
the assessor shall set forth the value of such personal property, or
leasehold improvements, or possessory interests opposite the assessor'
s determination of the value of the parcel.