California · Business and Professions Code - BPC
BPC §16221: Every officer by or for whom any fee, tax or charge imposed by the statutes of this State is collected may bring a suit in the name of the people of this State against any taxpayer who fails, neglects
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Every officer by or for whom any fee, tax or charge imposed by the statutes of this State is collected may bring a suit in the name of the people of this State against any taxpayer who fails, neglects or refuses to pay any sums due, owing and unpaid by the taxpayer upon the fee, tax or charge. This section does not of itself authorize a suit for recovery of a judgment for a tax on real estate which is a lien thereon.
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