Alameda Municipal Code § 3-37 Sale to Private Parties Before Deed to the City

Not less than twenty-one (21) nor more than twenty-eight (28) days after the first publication, or of the posting, of the notice of sale of tax sold property, and at least five (5) years after the property was sold to the City, the Tax Collector shall, as prescribed in this division, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, in lawful money of the United States, all tax sold property which was sold to the City in the fifth preceding calendar year or any year prior thereto. The sale shall begin at the time given in the published or posted notice of sale and shall continue from day to day thereafter if additional time is needed to complete the sale. The sale shall be in the Tax Collector's office.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-631)

No bid shall be accepted at a sale under this division for a sum less than the amount for which the property was sold to the City.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-632)

After a bid has been accepted, the right of redemption ceases except as to the purchaser. The purchaser shall pay the amount bid immediately and redeem the property within thirty (30) days. If he/she does not redeem, the amount bid and paid is forfeited. On redemption, he/she shall receive credit for that portion of his/her bid equal to the amount for which the property was sold to the City. The sale is not completed until the redemption is made.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-633)

On completion of the sale, the Tax Collector shall, without charge, forthwith execute a deed, duly acknowledged or proved, conveying the property to the purchaser or his/her assigns.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-634)

In addition to the usual provisions of a deed conveying real property, the deed shall specify:

a. The year of sale to the City.

b. That, for the year of sale to the City, the property was duly assessed for taxation and the tax legally levied.

c. The assessee in the year of sale to the City.

d. The name of the purchaser at this tax sale and the fact and date that the property was sold to him for nonpayment of delinquent taxes which were a lien on the property.

e. The amount for which the property was sold to the purchaser.

f. That the property has been redeemed.

g. That the property is therefore conveyed to the purchaser according to law.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-635)

This deed, fully acknowledged or proved, is prima facie evidence and conclusive evidence of the same facts as a deed to the City for taxes and conveys the same title as a deed to the City.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-636)