When a property deteriorates past the point where notices and citations can bring it into compliance, California law gives public agencies another path: asking the court to appoint a neutral receiver to take control, correct the violations, and return the property to safe and lawful use.  In a recent matter, Serviam was appointed by the Court as Receiver over a severely neglected rural parcel and carried it from public nuisance to a completed sale. A Rural Parcel in Crisis The property is an approximately 2.4-acre parcel developed with a single-family A-frame residence, two non-permitted structures with habitable features, and various outbuildings.  County inspectors visited the site after neighbors registered complaints and at the request of the Sheriff’s Department. What they found was extensive.  Structures built without permits or approval included two single-family dwellings—both occupied and fitted with habitable features—non-permitted additions to the main residence, and two greenhouses with mechanical and electrical connections that had previously powered cannabis cultivation operations.  Hazardous conditions extended across the parcel: Water intrusion...