Article 4. Erroneous Assessments And Invalid Calls of California Water Code >> Division 15. >> Part 7. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 4.
Any assessment erroneously made by reason of inadvertence or
clerical mistake may be refunded upon order of the board at any time
after payment thereof.
When an assessment has been levied upon district lands and
any installment of the assessment called by the board or by the
county treasurer is adjudged invalid by any court of competent
jurisdiction, payments of the installment, including penalties and
interest, made by any person before the call was adjudged invalid,
may be credited by the treasurer of the county where the assessment
list is filed on the assessment on which the invalid call was paid,
and shall be applied to the payment of any subsequently called
installment of the assessment on the parcel or upon demand, the
county treasurer shall refund the amount of the installment adjudged
invalid to the person who made the payment.
When a parcel is sold by the county treasurer for nonpayment
of a call of an installment of any assessment which is thereafter
adjudged invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the court
shall have power to set aside any and all proceedings or acts taken
or had in connection with such sale and to cancel any certificate of
sale and any deed made in pursuance of the sale.