{"data":{"id":"us-ca/rtc-2509","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"RTC § 2509","heading":"","body":"If any negotiable paper is not paid on due presentment for any reason, any record of payment made on any official record because of its acceptance shall be canceled, and the tax or assessment is a lien as though no payment has been attempted.\nThe officer accepting negotiable paper shall make any memoranda necessary to enable him to make proper cancellation on its return without payment.","path":["Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC","DIVISION 1. PROPERTY TAXATION [50. - 5911.]","PART 5. COLLECTION OF TAXES [2501. - 3205.]","CHAPTER 1. Medium of Payment [2501. - 2516.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"950166b34fe8c348eb39a957896013d34dd848567526f3a8ca5afa28b8bebb71","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/rtc-2508","next":"us-ca/rtc-2509.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}