CHAPTER 18. Collecting the Assessment by Action [5410. - 5423.]
Chapter 18 added by Stats. 1941, Ch. 79.
§§ 5410–5423 · 14 sections
- § 5410 The provisions of this chapter shall not be applicable to assessments represented by the issuance of bonds nor to assessments collected on the tax rolls but…
- § 5411 At any time after the first day of July next succeeding nine months following the date of recording the assessment, the contractor or his assignee may sue in…
- § 5412 When an action has been brought for the recovery of any assessments, the plaintiff shall be entitled to have and recover attorney fees on each assessment sued…
- § 5413 If the court finds an unnecessary number of actions have been brought, where the parties are identical, it may allow the costs of one action only.
- § 5414 An action for the recovery of any assessment may be brought in the superior court within whose jurisdiction the city is, in which the work has been done. If…
- § 5415 The warrant, assessment and diagram, with proof of nonpayment shall be prima facie evidence of the regularity and correctness of the assessment and of the…
- § 5416 The plaintiff in such action may recover the cost of any abstract or report of search of title procured in good faith in order to determine ownership. The…
- § 5417 In a complaint in any action for the recovery of an assessment it shall be sufficient to allege briefly that the legislative body ordered the work, the…
- § 5418 In describing a lot or parcel of land in a complaint for the recovery of any assessment it shall be sufficient to refer to the same by its number upon the…
- § 5419 Upon the entry of judgment or dismissal of the action the clerk of the court shall forthwith mail to the street superintendent of the city having jurisdiction…
- § 5420 If the contractor or his agent or any person acting in behalf of the contractor shall, prior to the filing of a complaint for the recovery of any assessment,…
- § 5421 If an action is brought for the recovery of any assessment prior to the time permitted for bringing such action, the plaintiff shall not recover and the…
- § 5422 The court in which an action for the recovery of an assessment is commenced shall have power to adjudge and decree a lien against the premises assessed, and to…
- § 5423 In all actions now pending or hereafter brought under this division to recover street assessments, the proceedings therein shall be governed and regulated by…