Cal. HSC § 2858
This is the official text of Cal. HSC § 2858, part of California’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health, hospitals, controlled substances, and environmental health standards.
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Official statutory text
The notice required by Section 2857 shall include all of the following:
(a) State the finding of the district that a public nuisance exists on the property and the location of the nuisance on the property.
(b) Direct the owner or party in possession to abate the nuisance within a specified time by destroying the pests which are present.
(c) Direct the owner or party in possession to perform, within a specified time, any work necessary to prevent the recurrence of the pests in the places specified in the notice.
(d) Inform the owner or party in possession that failure to comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) shall subject the owner or party in possession to civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day the nuisance continues after the time specified for the abatement of the nuisance in the notice.
(e) Inform the owner or party in possession that before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the district board at a time and place stated in the notice.
The notice shall be served upon the owner of record and the person having charge or possession, if other than the owner of record, of the property upon which the nuisance exists, and may be served by any person authorized by the district board in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
(a) State the finding of the district that a public nuisance exists on the property and the location of the nuisance on the property.
(b) Direct the owner or party in possession to abate the nuisance within a specified time by destroying the pests which are present.
(c) Direct the owner or party in possession to perform, within a specified time, any work necessary to prevent the recurrence of the pests in the places specified in the notice.
(d) Inform the owner or party in possession that failure to comply with the requirements of subdivision (b) shall subject the owner or party in possession to civil penalties of not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per day for each day the nuisance continues after the time specified for the abatement of the nuisance in the notice.
(e) Inform the owner or party in possession that before complying with the requirements of the notice, the owner or party in possession may appear at a hearing before the district board at a time and place stated in the notice.
The notice shall be served upon the owner of record and the person having charge or possession, if other than the owner of record, of the property upon which the nuisance exists, and may be served by any person authorized by the district board in the same manner as a summons in a civil action.
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