Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2013
 

4986.2. City taxes. All or any portion of uncollected city taxes, penalties or costs may be canceled on any of the grounds specified in Section 4986. If the city taxes are collected by the county, the procedure outlined in Section 4986 for the cancellation of taxes, penalties or costs shall be followed, except that the consent of the city attorney, in lieu of the consent of the county legal advisor, is necessary before cancellation. If the taxes are collected by the city, the taxes, penalties, or costs shall be canceled by the officer having custody of the records thereof on order of the governing body of the city, with the written consent of the city attorney.

History.—Added by Stats. 1941, p. 1753, in effect May 30, 1941. Stats. 1979, Ch. 31, in effect January 1, 1980 substituted "county legal advisor" for "district attorney".

Note.—See County of San Diego v. United States, 251 F.2d 534, noted under Section 4986.