Article 3. Judgment For Tax of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 3.

If any amount required to be paid to the state under this part is not paid when due, the board may, within 10 years after the amount is due, file in the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of Sacramento County, or any county, a certificate specifying the amount required to be paid, interest and penalty due, the name and address as it appears on the records of the board of the person liable, the compliance of the board with this part in relation to the determination of the amount required to be paid, and a request that judgment be entered against the person in the amount required to be paid, together with interest and penalty as set forth in the certificate.

The clerk of the court immediately upon the filing of the certificate shall enter a judgment for the people of the State of California against the person in the amount required to be paid, together with interest and penalty as set forth in this certificate. The clerk of the court may file the judgment in a loose-leaf book entitled, "Special Judgments for State Retail Sales or Use Tax."

An abstract of the judgment or a copy of the judgment may be filed for record with the county recorder of any county. From the time of the filing, the amount required to be paid, together with the interest and penalty set forth constitutes a lien upon all the real property in the county owned by the person liable until the lien acquired by that person expires. The lien has the force, effect, and priority of a judgment lien and shall continue for 10 years from the date of the judgment so entered by the clerk of the court unless sooner released or otherwise discharged. The lien may, within 10 years from the date of the judgment, or within 10 years from the date of the last extension of the lien, be extended by filing for record in the office of the county recorder of any county an abstract or copy of the judgment. From the time of filing the lien shall be extended to the property in the county for 10 years unless sooner released or otherwise discharged.

Execution shall issue upon the judgment upon request of the board in the same manner as execution may issue upon other judgments, and sales shall be held under such execution as prescribed in the Code of Civil Procedure.

(a) If the board determines that the amount of tax, interest, and penalties are sufficiently secured by a lien on other property or that the release or subordination of the lien imposed under this article will not jeopardize the collection of the amount of the tax, interest, and penalties, the board may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to the lien from the lien or may subordinate the lien to other liens and encumbrances.
  (b) If the board finds that the liability represented by the lien imposed under this article, including any interest accrued thereon, is legally unenforceable, the board may release the lien.
  (c) A certificate by the board to the effect that any property has been released from a lien or that the lien has been subordinated to other liens and encumbrances is conclusive evidence that such property has been released or that the lien has been subordinated as provided in the certificate.