18.26.020 Certificates and tax bond.

The following certificates and acknowledgments and all other now or hereafter required by law shall appear on the final map or shall be otherwise made. Such certificates may be combined where appropriate.

(A) Certification of owner(s) of record. Except as may be noted in subsection (B) of this section, a certificate signed and acknowledged by the owner or owners of record.

(B) Exceptions to Owners Certification. The signatures of parties owning the following types of interest may be omitted if their names and the nature of their interests are set forth on the map:

(1) Rights-of-way, easements or other interest none of which can ripen into a fee.

(2) Rights-of-way, easements or reversions, which by reason of changed conditions, long disuse or laches appear to be no longer of practical use or value and which signature it is impossible or impractical to obtain. In this case, a reasonable statement of the circumstances preventing the procurement of the signature shall be set forth on the map.

(3) Any subdivision map including land/originally patented by the United States or the state of California, under patent reserving interest to either or both of these entities, may be recorded under the provision of this code without the consent of the United States or the state of California thereto, or to dedication made thereon.

(C) Dedication Certificate. A certificate signed and acknowledged as above irrevocably offering for dedication all parcels of land shown on the final map and intended for any public use, except those parcels other than streets, which are intended for the exclusive use of the lot owners in the subdivision, their licensees, visitors, tenants and servants.

(D) Design Engineer's Certificate. A certificate by the registered civil engineer or licensed surveyor responsible for the survey and final map. The signature of such civil engineer or surveyor must be accompanied by his seal, and include date of license expiration.

(E) City Engineer or Surveyor Certification. A certificate for execution by the city engineer including his state license number and date of expiration of the license.

(F) City Clerk's Certification. A certificate for execution by the city clerk stating that the governing body approved the final map and accepted, subject to improvement, or rejected on behalf of the public, any real property offered for dedication for public use in conformity with the terms of the offer of dedication.

(G) County Recorder's Certificate. A certificate for execution by the county recorder.

(H) County Tax Collector and Redemption Officer Certificate. Prior to the filing of the final map with the governing body, the subdivider shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors of Napa County a certificate from the official computing redemptions in Napa County and the city of American Canyon, showing that according to the records of his office, there are no liens against the subdivision or any part thereof for unpaid state, county, municipal, or local taxes or special assessments collected as taxes, except taxes or special assessments not yet payable. As to taxes or special assessments collected as taxes not yet payable, the subdivider shall file with the clerk of the board of supervisors a certificate by each proper officer giving his estimate of the amount of taxes and assessments which are a lien but which are not yet payable.

(I) Clerk of the Board of Supervisor's Tax and Assessment Certificate. Whenever any part of the subdivision is subject to a lien for taxes or special assessments collected as taxes which are not yet payable, the final map shall not be recorded until the owner or subdivider executes and files with the board of supervisors of Napa County a good and sufficient bond to be approved by the board and by its terms made to inure to the benefit of the county and conditioned upon the payment of all state, county, municipal and local taxes and all special assessments collected as taxes, which at the time the final map is recorded are a lien against the property, but which are not yet payable. In lieu of a bond, a deposit may be made of money or negotiable bonds in the same amount, and of the kind approved for securing deposits of public money.

(J) Reapportionments. Where any property is encumbered by assessments or similar instruments secured by the property, the subdivider shall prepare or cause to be prepared any assessment reapportionments necessary for the parcel. The reapportionments shall conform to the lots created by the subdivision such that each lot shall be a separate reapportionment. Prior to recording the final map, the subdivider shall submit any and all completed reapportionment diagrams and legal documents to the city engineer for review, distribution, and recording.