Cal. WAT § 31822
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 31822, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
If the assessee owns taxable real property in fee in the district, the taxes due upon the possession of, claim to, or right to the possession of land are respectively a lien upon that real property, which lien attaches as of the first day of March in each year. The taxes need not be collected by the assessor if in his opinion the taxable real property is sufficient to secure the payment of the taxes.
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