If the Controller determines that amounts postponed under this chapter have become due and payable, the Controller may take any or all of the following actions:

(a) Demand payment of that amount from the claimant, the estate of any decedent claimant, or any person who was a cotenant with the claimant pursuant to the registration card.

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Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 20639.12

  • Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
  • Decedent: A deceased person.
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Person: includes any person, firm, partnership, general partner of a partnership, limited liability company, registered limited liability partnership, foreign limited liability partnership, association, corporation, company, syndicate, estate, trust, business trust, or organization of any kind. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 19

(b) Direct the Department of General Services to seize and sell any property pledged by the claimant as security for postponement.

(c) Request the Attorney General to bring an action to recover amounts postponed under this chapter by the claimant.

(d) Utilize any or all of the other enforcement and foreclosure provisions set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 16200) of Chapter 5 of Part 1 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, as may be applicable.

(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 896, Sec. 15. (SB 1130) Effective January 1, 2019. Operative July 1, 2019, pursuant to 20639.13.)