Section 4831 Of Article 1. Generally From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 9. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 1.
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. Incorrect entries on a roll may be corrected under this
article as follows:
(a) (1) Any error or omission not involving the exercise of
assessor value judgment may be corrected within four years after the
making of the assessment being corrected.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the four-year limit shall not
apply to escape assessments caused by the assessee's failure to
report the information required by Article 2 (commencing with Section
441) of Chapter 3 of Part 2.
(b) Any error or omission not involving the exercise of assessor
value judgment that is discovered as a result of any audit may be
corrected within six months after the completion of the audit.
(c) Any error or omission involving the exercise of assessor value
judgment that arises solely from a failure to reflect a decline in
the taxable value of real property, floating homes subject to
taxation pursuant to Section 229, and manufactured homes subject to
taxation under Part 13 (commencing with Section 5800), as required by
paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 51 shall only be
corrected within one year after the making of the assessment that is
being corrected.
(d) Taxes that are not a lien or charge on the property assessed
may be transferred from the secured roll to the unsecured roll of the
corresponding year by the county auditor. These taxes shall be
collected in the same manner as other delinquent taxes on the
unsecured roll and shall be subject to delinquent penalties in the
same manner as taxes transferred to the unsecured roll under Section
5090. The statute of limitations for the collection of those taxes
shall commence to run from the date of transfer.