(a) Initiating Lien Proceedings. If the full amount of the delinquent tax, penalties, and interest is not paid within 30 days after service of the notice of deficiency determination, the County Recorder, within one year of the deficiency determination becoming due and payable, may report the delinquency to the Board of Supervisors (“the Board”) and request the Board to initiate proceedings to impose a lien for the total unpaid balance against the real property that was transferred by the document delivered without full payment of tax. Said report shall, for each delinquent account, contain the names of the persons liable for the tax, the total amount due, including delinquent taxes, penalties, and interest, a description of the lands, tenements, or other realty sold that was transferred by the document delivered without full payment of tax, and the date on which the County Recorder served its notice of deficiency determination. Upon receipt of such report the Board shall fix a time and place for hearing the report and any protests or objections thereto and shall cause notice of the hearing to be mailed not less than 10 days prior to the date of hearing to each person liable for the tax and to the owner or owners of the real property described in the recorded notice of deficiency determination.
(b) Hearing. At the time so fixed, the Board shall meet to hear the report and any protests or objections thereto. The Board may make such revisions, corrections, or modifications of the report as it may deem just; and in the event that the Board is satisfied with the correctness of the report (as submitted or as revised, corrected, or modified), it shall be confirmed. The decision of the Board on the report and on all protests or objections thereto shall be final and conclusive; provided, however, any delinquent account may be removed from the report by payment in full at any time prior to confirmation of the report. The Clerk of the Board shall cause the confirmed report to be verified in a form sufficient to meet recording requirements.
(c) Special Assessment Lien. Upon confirmation of the report by the Board, the unpaid balance reported therein, including tax, penalties, and interest, shall constitute a special assessment against the real property that was transferred by the document delivered without full payment of tax; provided, however, that the special assessment, and the lien created thereby, shall attach only to interests in the property that were held, on the date the notice of deficiency determination was recorded, by persons liable for the tax. Each such assessment shall be subordinate to all existing special assessment liens previously imposed upon such parcels and paramount to all other liens except those for State, County, and municipal taxes with which it shall be in parity. The lien shall continue until the assessment and all interest and penalties due and payable thereon are paid. All laws applicable to the levy, collection, and enforcement of municipal taxes shall be applicable to said special assessment. The Clerk of the Board shall give notice of the confirmation of the report to each person liable for the tax and to the owner or owners of the real property described in the recorded notice of deficiency determination and shall cause the confirmed and verified report to be recorded in the County Recorder’s office and the special assessment lien on each parcel of property described in the report shall thereupon secure an additional charge for administrative expenses of $50 or 10% of the unpaid balance, whichever is higher. An action to set aside the special assessment and the lien created thereby shall be commenced within one year from and after the date that notice of the confirmation of the report was given to the persons liable for the tax and to the property owners.
(d) Filing with Controller and Tax Col- lector. The Clerk of the Board shall file a certified copy of each confirmed report with the Controller and Tax Collector within 10 days after confirma- tion of the report, whereupon it shall be the duty of said officers to add the amount of each special assessment to the next regular bill for taxes levied for municipal purposes against the respective par- cels of property described in the confirmed report.
(e) Payment of Special Assessment. On payment to the Tax Collector of the special assessment, including delinquent taxes, accrued penalties, interest, and the administrative expense charge authorized by Section 1115.1(c) above, the Tax Collector shall cause a Release of Lien to be recorded with the County Recorder and shall pay the statutory recording fee from the administrative expense charge. Except for the fee paid to record the Release of Lien, all sums collected by the Tax Collector pursuant to this Article 12-C shall be deposited to the General Fund.