Cal. RTC § 2811
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 2811, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
Official statutory text
Any person may apply to the tax collector to satisfy and remove any lien by paying the sum of the following:
(a) The amount computed by multiplying the assessed value of the personal property, or leasehold improvements, or possessory interests by the applicable tax rate for the current year, if the lien sought to be satisfied and removed was created by a determination of the value of personal property, or leasehold improvements, or possessory interests; or the amount of the lien of the special assessment; or the amount of any other lien authorized by law to be levied against real property.
(b) Delinquent penalties in an amount which bear the same proportion to the delinquent penalties in the whole assessment as the amount of the lien bears to the total taxes in the whole assessment.
(c) Costs computed in the same manner as provided for the computation of delinquent penalties.
(a) The amount computed by multiplying the assessed value of the personal property, or leasehold improvements, or possessory interests by the applicable tax rate for the current year, if the lien sought to be satisfied and removed was created by a determination of the value of personal property, or leasehold improvements, or possessory interests; or the amount of the lien of the special assessment; or the amount of any other lien authorized by law to be levied against real property.
(b) Delinquent penalties in an amount which bear the same proportion to the delinquent penalties in the whole assessment as the amount of the lien bears to the total taxes in the whole assessment.
(c) Costs computed in the same manner as provided for the computation of delinquent penalties.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in California?
Find a California lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.