Cal. RTC § 3438
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 3438, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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Official statutory text
If the tax collector discovers before the declaration that because of any error the tax on a parcel of real property should not be declared in default, he or she shall not declare it in default and the board of supervisors shall cause the assessor to enter the uncollected taxes on the next roll, to be collected like other taxes on that roll.
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