Section 53938.

53938. As used in this article, “transaction” means negotiated purchase and sale, gift, or devise. (Added by Stats. 1980, Ch. 122.)

Section 53938.5.

53938.5. (a) If property acquired by a public entity in a transaction is encumbered by a lien that secures a special assessment or a bond representing the special assessment, except to the extent the lien is paid out of escrow or otherwise or is apportioned pursuant to the applicable statutory procedure, the lien continues to encumber […]

Section 53939.

53939. If property acquired in a transaction is part of a larger parcel encumbered by a lien that secures a special assessment or a bond representing the special assessment and there is no applicable statutory procedure for segregation and apportionment of the lien, any party to the transaction may, within one year after completion of […]