When the County Supervisor notified a landowner or occupant that squirrels must be eradicated from the property, a lien on the property was filed for the expense of the County having done the work in the event the owner neglected to do the work within the allotted time.
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Source Citation: Squirrel Liens, Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society (https://sbgen.org/start-your-research); citing Squirrel Liens Book A, Santa Barbara County Recorder. Digitized and indexed by the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society.