California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 7 - Public Nuisances

• Section 4171.
  Any condition endangering public safety by creating a fire hazard and which exists upon any property which is included within any state reponsibility area is...
• Section 4172.
  Whenever the director determines that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 4171, exists, he shall notify the owner of the property to abate the...
• Section 4173.
  The board shall establish standards, based upon its determination of conditions which create an unreasonable hazard to life or property from fire, for what constitutes...
• Section 4174.
  The notice shall be in writing and shall do all of the following:(a) Describe the public nuisance.(b) Specify the time within which the property owner is required...
• Section 4175.
  If a property owner requests a hearing, the director shall fix a time and a place for the hearing and notify the property owner. At...
• Section 4176.
  If the director determines, at the conclusion of the hearing, that a public nuisance actually exists upon property owned by the property owner, he shall...
• Section 4177.
  If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice to the property owner pursuant to Section 4172 or, if a...
• Section 4178.
  Any costs which are incurred by the department in abating any public nuisance pursuant to this article are a lien upon the property upon which...
• Section 4179.
  Notice of the lien, particularly identifying the property on which the nuisance was abated and the amount of such lien, and naming the owner of...
• Section 4179.5.
  The Attorney General may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to a lien imposed pursuant to Sections 4178 and...
• Section 4180.
  An action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California within...
• Section 4181.
  When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds to satisfy the lien and the costs of the foreclosure shall be paid to the state....

Last modified: October 22, 2018