Cal. RTC § 7283.51

This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 7283.51, 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

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, except in the case of fraud or the failure of a property owner to file a transient occupancy tax return, a city, county, or city and county may institute an action to collect unpaid transient occupancy taxes within four years of the date on which the transient occupancy taxes were required to be paid.

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