California Code of Civil Procedure CHAPTER 4.6 - Actions Concerning Real Property Titles Affected by Public Improvement Assessments

• Section 801.1.
  An action may be brought to determine adverse interests in, liens or clouds upon title to real property arising out of any public improvement assessment...
• Section 801.2.
  The action may be brought as a separate action or joined as a cause with other causes of action to determine adverse claims to and...
• Section 801.3.
  The complaint shall include as defendants to the action (a) all persons known to the plaintiff owning or claiming an interest under such public improvement assessment,...
• Section 801.4.
  The complaint shall also include, as defendants, unknown persons owning or claiming an interest in such bond, special assessment or certificate of sale and they...
• Section 801.5.
  Within ten days after the filing of the complaint, plaintiff shall file or cause to be filed in the office of the recorder of the...
• Section 801.6.
  Within three years after the filing of the complaint, a summons shall be issued which shall contain the matters required by Section 412.20, designating the...
• Section 801.7.
  Within thirty days after the issuance of the summons, the plaintiff shall post, or cause to be posted, a copy thereof in a conspicuous place...
• Section 801.8.
  All known defendants shall be served in the manner provided by law for the service of a summons in a civil action. All unknown defendants...
• Section 801.9.
  In addition to the matters required to be set forth in the affidavit by the plaintiff for publication of summons, it shall appear by the...
• Section 801.10.a.
  All unknown defendants, including the heirs and devisees designated in the complaint, shall have the same rights as are provided by law for other defendants...
• Section 801.11.
  On the trial of the action, the court shall determine the rights of all the parties thereto and shall require proof of the facts alleged....
• Section 801.12.
  If the court determines that none of the defendants have any right, title, interest, lien or estate in the property, it shall render its final...
• Section 801.13.
  If the court orders a sale of the property or a partition thereof, the same shall be made in accordance with the provisions of Title...
• Section 801.14.
  The decree, after it has become final, is conclusive against all persons named in the complaint who have been served and all unknown persons and...
• Section 801.15.
  After the judgment has become final, a certified copy thereof shall be delivered to the public officer having the record of the assessment, bond or...

Last modified: October 22, 2018