Cal. SHC § 8701
This is the official text of Cal. SHC § 8701, part of California’s Streets and Highways Code — governs the construction and maintenance of public roads.
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Official statutory text
Such assessments and reassessments and each installment thereof and the interest and penalties thereon shall constitute a lien against the lots and parcels of land on which they are made, until the same be paid, but for a period not exceeding the time within which an action might be brought on the last series of bonds issued upon the security of such unpaid assessments.
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