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Cal. RTC § 459.5

This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 459.5, 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

Sections 457, 458, and 459 are applicable when the owner, his agent, or person in possession neglects to furnish the assessor of any taxing agency, including a taxing agency having its own system for the levying and collection of taxes or assessments, with a requested description of any tract of land.

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