If at any time the amount of the obligation secured by the lien for deferred property taxes is paid in full or is otherwise discharged, the county treasurer or county tax collector shall do all of the following:

(a) Execute and cause to be recorded by the county recorder a release of the associated lien conclusively evidencing the satisfaction of all amounts secured by the lien. The cost of recording the release of the lien shall be added to, and become part of the obligation secured by, the lien being released.

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 20815

  • County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

(b) Direct the county tax collector, or other appropriate county official, to remove from the secured roll the information required to be entered thereon by paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 2514 with respect to the real property described in the lien.

(c) Direct the county tax collector, or other appropriate county official, to remove the information required to be entered into the county assessment records by Section 2515 from the assessment records applicable to the real property described in the lien.

(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 369, Sec. 3. (AB 1090) Effective January 1, 2012.)