Cal. RTC § 4988
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 4988, 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
Where real property is assessed by the assessors of two or more counties for the same year the owner may file an action in the superior court of one of these counties against the conflicting claimants, discharge the obligation by paying the largest amount of taxes levied on the property by any of the counties into court, and compel the counties to interplead and litigate their several claims among themselves under section 386 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
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