Cal. WAT § 26138
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 26138, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
Ten years after the issuance of a certificate of sale for the nonpayment of a district assessment or one year after the addition of this section, whichever is the later, it shall be conclusively presumed that redemption was made from the sale, unless prior to such time a deed was issued by the collector pursuant to the certificate of sale and such deed was recorded in the office of the recorder of the county in which the property described in the certificate of sale was located.
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