California · Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC

RTC §2780: The Legislature finds and declares that the retention by counties of replicated property tax payments and the failure to return any replicated payment to the tendering party for a period of time great

What this law says, in plain English

Counties must return duplicate property tax payments to the person who paid them. Retaining replicated payments without returning them is addressed as a civil matter.

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The Legislature finds and declares that the retention by counties of replicated property tax payments and the failure to return any replicated payment to the tendering party for a period of time greater than two months works a hardship on taxpayers and businesses engaged in processing real estate transfers.

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