No. Nothing like that. I left Cali with no attachments, legal or otherwise. This was 11 years ago ffs! 11 years! I get no mail from any Cali address. I was only there for 2-1/2 years. Totally temporary life circumstance change for me. I’ve been living in Alabama ever since and life is great here. Cali sucked. ...God did it suck....
Out of curiosity, I did a little more digging. According to the link below, California taxes its residents on world-wide income. A problem arises if you permanently leave California, but California thinks you’re still a resident.
From that link:
“California fights aggressively to keep you in the “resident” category, even after you’ve moved away. They have sophisticated audit procedures designed to catch people who think they’ve escaped but haven’t properly severed their ties.”
Crazy.
https://www.greenbacktaxservices.com/blog/california-exit-tax/
You might see if you can get your local prosecutor or the Alabama attorney general interested. They might like to try to indict a California state official for theft. Might get some political mileage in parts of Alabama for that.
Meanwhile, as a practical matter, move your money out of the California based bank into someone more local. Leaving, of course, enough for outstanding obligations.
Hancock Whitney is a mid-sized bank with some Alabama locations.
First Horizon also is a mid-sized operation with some Alabama locations, but they’ve had some issues in recent years.
Truist Bank is a superregional with branches in Alabama.
There are likely some other truly local banks in the area, and credit unions as well; steer away from the national credit unions that Calfornia could get its teeth in.
Sounds like the California Franchise Tax Board estimated what income tax you owe for the remainder of the half year after you left and directed your bank to turn that over to them.
The California Franchise Tax Board has done this to military members who had been stationed there.
They know it's a scam and they have to return it but since there are no consequences to them, they try it.