CHAPTER 4. Delinquency Sales [51600. - 51656.]

Chapter 4 added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 336.

§§ 51600–51656 · 45 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. Delinquency Sales on Unbonded Assessments §§ 51600–51618 · 20 sections

   • § 51600 (a) After any installment of an unpaid assessment on which bonds have not been issued has become delinquent, the county treasurer may, only upon the request of…
   • § 51601 The notice shall contain the following: (a) A description of the parcels assessed, as described in the assessment list or operation and maintenance assessment…
   • § 51602 The date of the sale shall be not less than 10 days after the date of the last publication of the notice.
   • § 51603 The county treasurer may postpone the sale for not less than 10 nor more than 30 days at any one time by a written notice posted at the place of sale.
   • § 51604 If, for any reason, a parcel upon which an assessment or any installment thereof is delinquent in whole or in part is not sold at the time or place specified…
   • § 51605 At the time of the sale, the county treasurer shall sell the parcel to himself or herself and his or her successors in office, as trustee for the district, for…
   • § 51606 If more than one installment of an assessment or more than one assessment on the same parcel is delinquent at the time of the sale, the county treasurer may…
   • § 51607 The owner of any parcel offered for sale to pay a delinquent assessment or installment thereof may designate in writing to the county treasurer prior to the…
   • § 51608 If the owner fails to designate the portion of the parcel he or she wishes sold for a delinquent assessment, the county treasurer may sell the whole or the…
   • § 51611 A certificate of sale shall be executed by the county treasurer to the county treasurer, as trustee for the district, and the certificate of sale shall be…
   • § 51612 The certificate of sale is prima facie evidence that: (a) The parcel was assessed and the assessment duly apportioned as required by law. (b) The assessment…
   • § 51612.5 The county treasurer, at least 60 days prior to the expiration of the redemption period, shall give notice by registered mail of the fact of sale, the purchase…
   • § 51613 Any person interested in the parcel may redeem it at any time within one year after the sale by paying to the county treasurer the amount for which it was…
   • § 51614 When the parcel is redeemed a certificate of redemption shall be issued by the county treasurer to the redemptioner, and the certificate shall be recorded in…
   • § 51615 If no redemption is made within one year, the district is entitled to a deed executed by the county treasurer. The district shall reimburse the county…
   • § 51616 The deed shall convey the parcel free of all liens and encumbrances excepting any prior or subsequent district assessment.
   • § 51616.1 Each installment of an assessment remaining unpaid at the time of the delinquency sale may be called and collected in the manner provided in this part, except…
   • § 51616.2 If a call on an assessment on any parcel sold to the county treasurer as trustee for the district becomes delinquent during the redemption period, the parcel…
   • § 51617 No sale, certificate of sale, or deed made for a valid delinquent assessment shall be adjudged invalid, unless the amount of the delinquent assessment,…
   • § 51618 If, prior to the redemption, the parcel has been sold at a delinquency sale, the money paid by the county treasurer at the sale shall be refunded to him or her…
2. ARTICLE 2. Delinquency Sales on Bonded Assessments §§ 51630–51654 · 24 sections

   • § 51630 When any installment of an assessment called to pay principal and interest on bonds is delinquent, the county treasurer shall publish once a week for two weeks…
   • § 51631 If no newspaper of general circulation is published in the county where the delinquent land is situated, publication shall be made in a newspaper published in…
   • § 51632 The notice shall contain: (a) A description of each parcel on which the installment is delinquent, as the description appears on the assessment list or by…
   • § 51633 If the notice is published in more than one county, each respective notice need include only the matters and things provided in Section 51632 in reference to…
   • § 51634 The date of the sale shall not be less than 30 nor more than 60 days from the date of delinquency.
   • § 51635 The county treasurer may continue the sale from day to day by written notice posted at the place of sale to a day not later than the due date of bond principal…
   • § 51636 The county treasurer shall sell each parcel described in the notice to the highest bidder at the time stated in the notice, or at the time to which the sale is…
   • § 51637 The county treasurer shall not accept any bid for any parcel less than the aggregate sum then due on the installment thereon, with penalty.
   • § 51638 Payment for parcels purchased at the sale shall be made in cash or in bonds or interest coupons of the district issued on the assessment and then matured or to…
   • § 51639 Bonds or interest coupons tendered in payment for a parcel purchased at a delinquency sale, or the redemption of such a parcel, pursuant to this article shall…
   • § 51640 Any bond or coupon received in payment for a parcel purchased at the delinquency sale shall be canceled forthwith by the county treasurer and filed in his…
   • § 51641 If the entire amount of a bond or coupon tendered in payment for a parcel at the delinquency sale is not required to complete payment of the purchase money,…
   • § 51642 If no bid is made for a parcel equal to the amount of the installment delinquent thereon with penalty, the county treasurer shall sell the parcel to himself,…
   • § 51643 Except as otherwise provided in Section 51644 all money derived from sale of land for delinquent installments of assessments on which bonds have been issued,…
   • § 51644 After crediting the amount due on the parcel, as shown in the notice of sale, to the bond fund, the county treasurer shall pay to the owner of the parcel any…
   • § 51645 The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser, including himself, a certificate of sale, a duplicate of which shall be recorded in the county recorder’s…
   • § 51646 Any person interested in the parcel may redeem it within one year after the date of sale, by paying to the county treasurer for the purchaser a sum equal to…
   • § 51647 If no redemption is made within one year, the treasurer, upon demand and surrender of the certificate of sale, shall execute to the purchaser, his heirs or…
   • § 51648 The deed shall be prima facie evidence of the truth of the matters therein recited, and of ownership by the grantee of the lands therein described.
   • § 51649 Each installment of an assessment remaining unpaid at the time of the delinquent sale may be called and collected in the manner provided in this part, except…
   • § 51650 If a call of an assessment on any parcel sold to the county treasurer as trustee for the district becomes delinquent during the redemption period the parcel…
   • § 51652 When the parcel is redeemed a certificate of redemption shall be issued by the county treasurer to the redemptioner, and the certificate shall be recorded in…
   • § 51653 If, prior to the redemption, the parcel has been sold at a delinquency sale, the money paid by the purchaser at such sale shall be refunded to him upon…
   • § 51654 No sale, certificate of sale, or deed made for a valid delinquent assessment shall be adjudged invalid, unless the amount of the delinquent assessment,…
3. ARTICLE 3. General § 51656 · 1 section

   • § 51656 If a call of an assessment on any parcel sold and conveyed to the county treasurer as trustee for the district pursuant to the provisions of this chapter,…