Cal. SHC § 5891
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 5891, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
The superintendent of streets may file in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the parcel of property is located, a certificate substantially in the following form, to wit:
Notice of Lien
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Improvement Act of 1911, I did, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, cause the sidewalk or curb to be constructed, and the legislative body of said city (county, or city and county) did, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, by Resolution No. ____ assess the cost of such construction upon the real property hereinafter described, and the same has not been paid nor any part thereof, and the said city (county, or city and county), does hereby claim a lien on said real property in the sum of ____ dollars ($____), and the same shall be a lien upon said real property until the said sum, with interest at the rate of ____ percent (insert rate of interest as fixed by legislative body, not to exceed 6 percent) per annum, from the said ____ day of ____, 20__, (insert date of the thirty-first day after confirmation of assessment), has been paid in full and discharged of record.
The real property hereinbefore mentioned and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the (name of city, or city and county) the County of ____, State of ____, and particularly described as follows, to wit:
(Description of Property)
Dated this _____ day of ____, 20__.
Superintendent of Streets
Notice of Lien
Pursuant to the authority vested in me by the Improvement Act of 1911, I did, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, cause the sidewalk or curb to be constructed, and the legislative body of said city (county, or city and county) did, on the ____ day of ____, 20__, by Resolution No. ____ assess the cost of such construction upon the real property hereinafter described, and the same has not been paid nor any part thereof, and the said city (county, or city and county), does hereby claim a lien on said real property in the sum of ____ dollars ($____), and the same shall be a lien upon said real property until the said sum, with interest at the rate of ____ percent (insert rate of interest as fixed by legislative body, not to exceed 6 percent) per annum, from the said ____ day of ____, 20__, (insert date of the thirty-first day after confirmation of assessment), has been paid in full and discharged of record.
The real property hereinbefore mentioned and upon which a lien is claimed, is that certain piece or parcel of land lying and being in the (name of city, or city and county) the County of ____, State of ____, and particularly described as follows, to wit:
(Description of Property)
Dated this _____ day of ____, 20__.
Superintendent of Streets
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