US-CA · Cal. B&P sections 21700-21716

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Cal. B&P sections 21700-21716 enforcement with the section 21713.5 tiered late fee, D+14/D+28/D+42 lien gates, Declaration in Opposition handling, and section 21707(b)(1) surplus disposition.

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California lien clock

The full day-by-day clock, with statute citations.

This is the actual policy seeded for California. Every delinquent account locks in the rules that applied the day it opened — later statute updates never retroactively change a case already in flight.

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California lien timeline

Cal. B&P sections 21700-21716

Late fee: Tiered section 21713.5 formula after D+10
Notice path: Preliminary Lien, then Notice of Lien Sale
Sale gate: Auction permitted after the lien-sale notice window and post-window publication (D+50 on our default schedule)

Declaration in Opposition pauses the sale process.

California lien timeline with statute citations
Day	Event	Operator action	Citation
D+0	Invoice due	Rent posts and the account enters statutory grace if unpaid.	Cal. B&P sections 21700-21716
D+0-D+9	Grace period	Late fee waits at least 10 days.	Cal. B&P section 21713.5
D+10	Late fee	Post the tiered statutory late fee.	Cal. B&P section 21713.5
D+14	Preliminary lien notice	Send the statutory preliminary notice and set the termination date at least 14 days out.	Cal. B&P sections 21703-21704
D+28	Notice of lien sale	Send sale notice with itemized charges and a blank Declaration in Opposition.	Cal. B&P section 21705
D+42+	Publication	Advertising may begin only after the lien-sale notice window expires; run the newspaper or online-sale publication path before sale.	Cal. B&P section 21707(a)(1)
D+50+	Auction eligible	Sale may proceed after post-window publication completes and only if no Declaration in Opposition freezes the case.	Cal. B&P sections 21705, 21706, 21707
D+50	Auction	Conduct a commercially reasonable sale in person or online.	Cal. B&P section 21707
Post-sale	Surplus disposition	Retain excess proceeds on the occupant's behalf; the occupant may claim them from you for one year after the sale, and only the unclaimed remainder then goes to the county treasury.	Cal. B&P section 21707(b)(1)

What UnitOps does differently for California operators

Built around the California statute, not retrofitted onto generic PMS.

The tiered section 21713.5 late fee posts automatically and the preliminary lien notice fires at D+14 after 14 consecutive unpaid days.
Notice of Lien Sale at D+28 includes a blank Declaration in Opposition; a returned DiO freezes the sale path and routes the case for legal review.
Publication starts only after the lien-sale notice window expires at D+42, and the auction gate stays closed until post-window publication is complete.
Section 21707(b)(1) surplus disposition is tracked end-to-end — retained by the owner on the occupant's behalf for one year, then unclaimed proceeds to county treasury.

Lien evidence packet

Built for the day you get sued.

For California cases, the packet presents the evidence trail beside the policy snapshot that was pinned when the case opened. It lists notices, delivery proof, ledger entries, photos, and state changes in chronological order. It presents records and citations only. The downloadable sample uses fictional seeded data with redacted names and a SAMPLE watermark.

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