Cal. WAT § 8851
This is the official text of Cal. WAT § 8851, part of California’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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Official statutory text
The county treasurer shall indorse upon the assesssment list the date and time to the hour and minute when it was filed in his office; and thereafter the assessment constitutes a lien upon the land so assessed in the county, and imparts notice to all subsequent purchasers or incumbrancers or any person acquiring any interest in or lien upon the land.
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