Civil Code Assessments & Liens
§5680
Lien Priority
Chapter 8 · Assessments and Assessment Collection · Assessment Payment and Delinquency
Text current as of 2026-07-07 · Last amended by AB 805, eff. 2014-01-01
The code says CIV §5680
A lien created pursuant to Section 5675 shall be prior to all other liens recorded subsequent to the notice of delinquent assessment, except that the declaration may provide for the subordination thereof to any other liens and encumbrances.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 180, Sec. 2. (AB 805) Effective January 1, 2013. Operative January 1, 2014, by Sec. 3 of Ch. 180.)
How courts have read this
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Every decision listed was decided before the current text (eff. 2014-01-01, AB 805).