Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8835. Section 8835.
As used in this article map means a map or maps prepared by the assessors appointed for any assessment.
ARTICLE 5. Maps [8835. - 8846.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 5.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 8836. Section 8836.
The assessors appointed for any assesssment may prepare or cause to be prepared a map for the whole or any part or parts of the land to be assessed with sufficient detail to indicate thereon and identify the several tracts of land to be separately assessed.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8837. Section 8837.
Each of the separate tracts shall be designated on the map by a distinctive number.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8838. Section 8838.
Each of the maps shall be inscribed and designated as “reclamation board assessment map No.____,” giving each map a distinctive number.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8839. Section 8839.
Any map may consist of any number of sheets attached together and designated as one map.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8840. Section 8840.
The map when approved by the board, shall be certified by the secretary of the board as having been so approved.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8841. Section 8841.
The approved map shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county wherein the land indicated on the map is situated.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8842. Section 8842.
For the purpose of any assessment levied by the board, the assessment list for any county may, for the description of any tract of land indicated on any map, refer to the map and to the number by which the tract is designated on the map.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8843. Section 8843.
Any reference to a map and tract is a sufficient description of the tract for the purposes of an assessment list, and for the purposes of the notice of delinquent sale, certificate of sale and deed in pursuance of said sale, and all other proceedings based upon the assesssment.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8844. Section 8844.
No provision of any other statute of this State relative to the filing or recording of maps in the office of the county recorder shall apply to the maps referred to in this article.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8845. Section 8845.
The maps referred to in this article shall have no legal effect for any purpose except for the convenient reference to and description of the tract of land indicated thereon for the purposes of description of tracts of land by reference thereto in the matter of assessments levied by the board and acts and proceedings based thereon as provided in this chapter.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 8846. Section 8846.
No fee shall be charged by any county recorder for the filing for record of any map as provided in this article.
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