California tax sale statutes

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code, Division 1, Part 6 (sections 3351 to 3972)

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  Tax Sales

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3691

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  Power to sell tax-defaulted property after five years, three years for nonresidential commercial property

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3692

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  Duty to attempt a sale within four years, then at intervals of no more than six years

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3693

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  Sales at public auction to the highest bidder; deposit authority

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3693.1

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  Cash or deferred-payment sale, deposit, and the 90-day balance window

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3698.5

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  Minimum price at which tax-defaulted property may be offered

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3707

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  Termination of the right of redemption

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 3712

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  Title conveyed by the tax deed and the encumbrances that survive

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code, Division 1, Part 7 (sections 4101 and following)

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  Redemption

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 4103

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  Redemption penalties of 1.5 percent a month

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 4112

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  Additional fees collected on redemption once sale preparation has begun

• Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code 4675

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  Claims for excess proceeds and the order of priority

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