California Codes, Civil Code - CIV, Division 3 — Obligations, Part 4 — Obligations Arising from Particular Transactions, Title 14 — Lien, Chapter 2 — Mortgage, Article 1 — Mortgages in General, Section 2929.45
(a) An assessment or lien to recover the costs of nuisance abatement measures taken by a governmental entity with regard to property that is subject to a notice of default, that is purchased at a foreclosure sale, or that is acquired through foreclosure under a mortgage or deed of trust, shall not exceed the actual and reasonable costs of nuisance abatement.
(b) A governmental entity shall not impose an assessment or lien unless the costs that constitute the assessment or lien have been adopted by the elected officials of that governmental entity at a public hearing.
Notes
Limits a governmental assessment or lien for nuisance-abatement costs on property subject to default or acquired through foreclosure to the governmental entity’s actual and reasonable abatement costs. The governmental entity may not impose the assessment or lien unless its elected officials adopted the costs constituting the assessment or lien at a public hearing.
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