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The foreclosure action shall be brought in the name of the city or a trustee employed on behalf of the bondholders pursuant to Section 8830, and may be brought at any time prior to the expiration of four years subsequent to the last maturity of the principal of bonds secured by the assessment or reassessment. The complaint may be brief and include substantially only the following allegations with reference to the assessment or reassessment sought to be collected:
(a) That, on a date stated, the legislative body passed its resolution ordering certain work to be done, without describing the same.
(b) If the assessment was levied pursuant to the Improvement Act of 1911 (Division 7 (commencing with Section 5000)), that work was done pursuant to the resolution.
(c) That an assessment to pay the cost of the work was duly made and was authorized to be collected, but remained unpaid on a stated date.
(d) That certain property (describing it) was assessed or reassessed a stated amount and that bonds upon the security of the assessment or reassessment were duly issued under this division, giving the date or dates of the bonds, their interest rate or rates, and the number of years the last maturity of the bonds were to run, but it is not necessary to state the amount, number, denomination, or other terms of the bonds.
(e) That, on a date stated, a certain sum came due against the described property on the assessment or reassessment and had not been paid and that the legislative body, or a trustee acting on behalf of the bondholders, had ordered the action to foreclose.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 8834 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/streets-and-highways-code/shc-sect-8834/
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