No public land which was unentered at the time any assessment was levied against it by any district shall be sold for the delinquency of the assessment, but the assessment shall be and continue a lien upon the land, and no patent shall be issued therefor until the applicant presents a certificate from the collector stating that no unpaid assessments or charges are delinquent upon it.
Cal. Water Code § 20594
State Public Land
Known as the Irrigation District Law
The act spans §§ 20500–29978 (1,017 sections).
Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 372.
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