ARTICLE 7. Public Nuisances
Article 7 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.
§§ 4171–4181 · 12 sections
- § 4171 Any condition endangering public safety by creating a fire hazard and which exists upon any property which is included within any state reponsibility area is a…
- § 4172 If the director determines that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 4171, exists, the director shall notify the owner of the property to abate the public…
- § 4173 The board shall establish standards, based upon its determination of conditions which create an unreasonable hazard to life or property from fire, for what…
- § 4174 The notice shall be in writing and shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the public nuisance. (b) Specify the time within which the property owner is…
- § 4175 If a property owner requests a hearing, the director shall fix a time and a place for the hearing and notify the property owner. At the time and place of the…
- § 4176 If the director determines, at the conclusion of the hearing, that a public nuisance actually exists upon property owned by the property owner, the director…
- § 4177 If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice to the property owner pursuant to Section 4172 or, if a hearing is not requested…
- § 4178 Any costs which are incurred by the department in abating any public nuisance pursuant to this article are a lien upon the property upon which the public…
- § 4179 Notice of the lien, particularly identifying the property on which the nuisance was abated and the amount of such lien, and naming the owner of record of such…
- § 4179.5 The Attorney General may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to a lien imposed pursuant to Sections 4178 and 4179 from the lien or…
- § 4180 An action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California within six months after the…
- § 4181 When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds to satisfy the lien and the costs of the foreclosure shall be paid to the state. The surplus, if any, shall…