Article 3. Recovery Of Erroneous Refunds of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 14. >> Chapter 8. >> Article 3.

(a) The Controller may recover any refund or part thereof that is erroneously made, and any credit or part thereof that is erroneously allowed, in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Sacramento in the name of the people of the State of California.
  (b) As an alternative to subdivision (a), the board may recover any refund or part thereof that is erroneously made, and any credit or part thereof that is erroneously allowed. In recovering any erroneous refund or credit, the board may, in its discretion, issue a deficiency determination in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 32271) or Article 5 (commencing with Section 32311) of Chapter 6. Except in the case of fraud, the deficiency determination shall be made by the board within three years from the date of the Controller's warrant or date of credit.

In any action brought pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 32431, the court may, with the consent of the Attorney General, order a change in the place of trial.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, if the board finds that neither the person liable for payment of tax nor any party related to that person has in any way caused an erroneous refund for which an action for recovery is provided under Section 32431, no interest shall be imposed on the amount of that erroneous refund until 30 days after the date on which the board mails a notice of determination for repayment of the erroneous refund to the person. The act of filing a claim for refund shall not be considered as causing the erroneous refund.
  (b) This section shall be operative for any action for recovery under Section 32431 on or after January 1, 2000.

The Attorney General shall prosecute any action brought pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 32431, and the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to service of summons, pleadings, proof, trials, and appeals shall apply to the proceedings.