Cal. SHC § 5533
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 5533, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
The lien of an additional assessment, whether bonds issued to represent the additional assessment or otherwise, shall be subordinate to all special assessment liens previously imposed upon the property, but it shall have priority over all special assessment liens which may thereafter be created against the property; and from and after the date of the recording of any warrant, special assessment and diagram, all persons shall be deemed to have notice of the contents thereof.
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