2012 California Codes
RTC - Revenue and Taxation Code
DIVISION 2 - OTHER TAXES [6001 - 60709]
PART 10.5 - SENIOR CITIZENS PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE AND POSTPONEMENT LAW
CHAPTER 3.3 - Senior Citizens Mobilehome Property Tax Postponement Law
Section 20639.6

  

(a) Upon receipt of the information described in Section 20639.9, the Controller shall determine whether the state’s interest would be adequately protected if postponement is granted, and, if so, the Controller shall issue to the claimant a certificate of eligibility containing the name of the claimant, address of the residential dwelling on which the claimant has applied for property tax postponement, and such other information and in such form as the Controller shall prescribe. In the event that the residential dwelling is located in a chartered city which levies and collects its own taxes, the Controller shall issue a duplicate certificate of eligibility to pay all or any part of property taxes appearing on the city’s tax bill.

(b) The Controller shall forward to the Department of Housing and Community Development a notice of lien notifying the department that the mobilehome described in the statement has been approved for property tax postponement. The notice shall be in the form and contain the information prescribed by the Controller.

(c) The department, upon receipt of the notice, shall amend the permanent title record of the mobilehome to record the fact that postponement has been approved.

(d) The Controller shall prescribe the form of certificates of eligibility to pay all taxes and assessments authorized by this chapter.

Upon or accompanying the certificates shall be a brief statement explaining that, those taxpayers whose property taxes are paid by a lender via an impound, trust, or other similar account shall enter the total amount of each installment on the certificates and mail the certificates to the tax collector and that they will receive a refund check from the county or city in the amount they entered on the certificate, within 30 days following the date on which the installment is paid by the lender or the certificate of eligibility is received by the tax collector, whichever is later.

(e) When a certificate of eligibility has been signed by the claimant, the claimant’s spouse, or authorized agent and countersigned by the person authorized to collect property taxes or assessments or the local agency, the certificate shall constitute a written promise on the part of the State of California to pay the sum of money specified therein and the signed and countersigned certificate shall be deemed a negotiable instrument for the sole purpose of the payment of property taxes owing in the name of the claimant or the claimant’s spouse for purposes of all laws of this state.

(f) A certificate of eligibility shall be valid for the duration prescribed thereon by the Controller.

(g) The Controller shall issue certificates of eligibility at the times the Controller determines shall best implement the purpose of this chapter.

(h) The Controller shall prescribe the manner in which a claimant eligible under this chapter, who has been issued a certificate of eligibility which is lost or destroyed prior to being filed with the local agency may obtain a duplicate copy of the certificate as a replacement. Under the conditions which may be prescribed by the Controller, a duplicate copy shall be deemed as having been filed with the local agency as of the date a claimant requests issuance of the duplicate copy.

(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1342, Sec. 23. Effective September 26, 1984. Operative January 1, 1985, by Sec. 39 of Ch. 1342.)