California Streets and Highways Code CHAPTER 18 - Collecting the Assessment by Action

• Section 5410.
  The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to assessments represented by the issuance of bonds nor to assessments collected on the tax rolls...
• Section 5411.
  At any time after the first day of July next succeeding nine months following the date of recording the assessment, the contractor or his assignee...
• Section 5412.
  When an action has been brought for the recovery of any assessments, the plaintiff shall be entitled to have and recover attorney fees on each...
• Section 5413.
  If the court finds an unnecessary number of actions have been brought, where the parties are identical, it may allow the costs of one action...
• Section 5414.
  An action for the recovery of any assessment may be brought in the superior court within whose jurisdiction the city is, in which the work...
• Section 5415.
  The warrant, assessment and diagram, with proof of nonpayment shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity and correctness of the assessment and of the...
• Section 5416.
  The plaintiff in such action may recover the cost of any abstract or report of search of title procured in good faith in order to...
• Section 5417.
  In a complaint in any action for the recovery of an assessment it shall be sufficient to allege briefly that the legislative body ordered the...
• Section 5418.
  In describing a lot or parcel of land in a complaint for the recovery of any assessment it shall be sufficient to refer to the...
• Section 5419.
  Upon the entry of judgment or dismissal of the action the clerk of the court shall forthwith mail to the street superintendent of the city...
• Section 5420.
  If the contractor or his agent or any person acting in behalf of the contractor shall, prior to the filing of a complaint for the...
• Section 5421.
  If an action is brought for the recovery of any assessment prior to the time permitted for bringing such action, the plaintiff shall not recover...
• Section 5422.
  The court in which an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced shall have power to adjudge and decree a lien against the...
• Section 5423.
  In all actions now pending or hereafter brought under this division to recover street assessments, the proceedings therein shall be governed and regulated by the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018