Legal Opinion
Garcia v. County of Santa Clara
California Court of Appeal
Decided December 15, 1978No. Civ. 44149PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BRUNN, J. *
In California property owners usually are not personally liable for the payment of real property taxes. But there are exceptions and this case concerns the applicability of one of them. It also involves the interaction of state and federal law.
The facts are simple enough. The Garcias owned real property in Santa Clara County (hereafter county). It was subject to a deed of trust guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (hereafter SBA), a United States government agency. The Garcias did not pay the real property taxes on the property for the years 1971-1972, 1972-1973,…
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