Aid granted to a recipient of public assistance shall not constitute a lien upon any property of the recipient.

The cost of hospitalization furnished by a county to the recipient shall not constitute a lien against the personal property or personal effects of the recipient, or against an interment plot as defined in § 7022 of the Health and Safety Code.

Terms Used In California Welfare and Institutions Code 11007

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.

The cost of hospitalization furnished by a county to a recipient, other than a recipient of aid to families with dependent children, on or after May 21, 1963, and any judgment obtained by a county against the recipient to obtain repayment of such costs, shall not constitute a lien against the real property of the recipient, and no lien shall be taken therefor.

(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784.)