Terms Used In California Codes > Health and Safety Code > Division 7 > Part 2 > Chapter 4 > Article 8 - Use of Funds

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Business: means any lawful activity, except a farm operation, conducted for any of the following:

  California Government Code 7260

• City: includes "city and county" and "incorporated town" but does not include "unincorporated town" or "village. See California Government Code 20
• Comparable replacement dwelling: means any dwelling that is all of the following:

  California Government Code 7260

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
• County: includes city and county. See California Health and Safety Code 14
• Displaced person: means both of the following:

  California Government Code 7260

• Fair market value: The price at which an asset would change hands in a transaction between a willing, informed buyer and a willing, informed seller.
• Farm operation: means any activity conducted solely or primarily for the production of one or more agricultural products or commodities, including timber, for sale or home use, and customarily producing these products or commodities in sufficient quantity to be capable of contributing materially to the operator's support. See California Government Code 7260
• Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). ^{Source: OCC}
• Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Person: includes any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, limited liability company, business trust, corporation, or company. See California Government Code 17
• Person: means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association. See California Government Code 7260
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Public entity: includes the state, the Regents of the University of California, a county, city, city and county, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the state or any entity acting on behalf of these agencies when acquiring real property, or any interest therein, in any city or county for public use, and any person who has the authority to acquire property by eminent domain under state law. See California Government Code 7260
• Public use: means a use for which real property may be acquired by eminent domain. See California Government Code 7260
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• residential tenant: includes any occupant of a residential hotel unit, as defined in subdivision (b) of §. See California Government Code 7260
• State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
• state tax: includes a local tax which is administered or collected by a state agency. See California Government Code 7228
• Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10