§ 5105

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 922, Sec. 4. (AB 3134) Effective January 1, 2025.
(a)Notwithstanding Section 5097, an order for refund of taxes or assessments authorized pursuant to this article may be paid to the assessee of that property, or to the latest recorded owner of that property, as shown on the tax roll, without a claim for refund filed, if both of the following conditions are met:
(1)There has been no transfer of the property during or since the fiscal year for which the taxes subject to refund were levied.
(2)The amount of the refund is less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
(b)This section shall become operative in a county

only if the board of supervisors of the county adopts a resolution or ordinance approving the operation of this section.

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