CHAPTER 4. Curation and Validation [9700. - 9707.]

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC 4.

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Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9700. Section 9700.

The validity of any refunding bonds issued under this division shall not be contested in any action, suit, or proceeding unless the action or proceeding is brought within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution providing for their issuance.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9701. Section 9701.

After the reassessment has been confirmed, it shall not be contested in any way other than at the time and in the manner specified in this division, and in any action, all findings, conclusions and determinations of the legislative body which conducted the reassessment proceedings shall be conclusive in the absence of actual fraud.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9702. Section 9702.

No defect in the form of any reassessment levied pursuant to this division and no statutory defect in any of the proceedings relating to the reassessment and refunding shall in any way invalidate any reassessment or any refunding bond.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9703. Section 9703.

No bond, reassessment, or installment thereof, or of the interest or penalties thereon, and no certificate of sale or deed shall be held invalid for error in the computation of the proper amount due on it if the error be found to be comparatively negligible or is found to be in favor of the owner of real property affected thereby.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9704. Section 9704.

An action to determine the validity of a reassessment and of any refunding bonds issued or to be issued thereon may be brought pursuant to Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 860) of Title 10 of Part 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure. For that purpose, the reassessment shall be deemed to be in existence upon its confirmation.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9705. Section 9705.

If any reassessment or any refunding bond is held illegal or invalid in any action or proceeding upon any ground which would apply to the entire reassessment or the entire issue of refunding bonds, then the unpaid bonds refunded remain in full force and effect. If the unpaid bonds have been canceled, the treasurer of the city which conducted the invalid refunding or reassessment proceedings shall issue new bonds of the same tenor, force, and effect as the canceled unpaid bonds.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9706. Section 9706.

If refunding bonds are invalidated or held to be illegal, all of the provisions of the act shall apply to the original bonds and to any bonds issued under Section 9705 to replace the original bonds.

Cal. Streets and Highways Code - SHC § 9707. Section 9707.

No action or proceeding to set aside, cancel, avoid, annul, or correct any reassessment levied under this division, or to review any of the proceedings, acts, or determinations made in the proceedings for the reassessment and the issuance of refunding bonds, or to question the validity of or enjoin the collection of the reassessment or any of the reassessments therein, or to enjoin the issuance of any bonds to represent reassessments, shall be maintained by any person, nor shall any person urge, plead or prove, the invalidity of any reassessment or any refunding bond in any action, unless the action is commenced within 30 days from the date of adoption of the resolution providing for the issuance of the refunding bonds.

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026