Alameda Municipal Code § 3-38 Deed to the City

If the sale of any tax sold property at public auction is not completed, the Tax Collector shall forthwith execute a deed, duly acknowledged or proved, conveying the property to the City.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-641)

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

a. The date 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 amount for which the property was sold.

e. That five (5) years have elapsed since the sale to the City and the property has not been redeemed.

f. That the property is therefore conveyed to the City according to law.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-642)

The deed to the City shall be recorded with the County Recorder and shall thereafter be filed in the City Clerk's office.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-643)

a. The deed, duly acknowledged or proved, is prima facie evidence that:

1. The property was assessed according to law.

2. The assessment was equalized according to law.

3. The taxes were levied according to law.

4. The taxes were not paid.

5. The property was sold to the City according to law.

6. The property was not redeemed.

7. The proper officer executed the deed.

8. All the taxes for which the real property was sold were legally a lien on the real property.

b. The deed, duly acknowledged, or proved, is conclusive evidence, except against actual fraud, of the regularity of all other proceedings, from the assessment of the Assessor to the execution of the deed, both inclusive.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. §§ 3-644, 3-645)

a. Terminated. The execution of the deed terminates the right of redemption.

b. Termination Under Prior Deed. Where property was deeded to the City before this section took effect and the deed did not terminate the right of redemption, the right of redemption shall be terminated as prescribed by this paragraph.

The Tax Collector shall give the redemptioner notice that his/her right to redeem will be terminated at the end of the minimum time allowable under the law in force at the time the property was sold to the City. At the end of this period of time, if the property had not been redeemed, the right of redemption is terminated.

The notice shall be given in the same manner that notice was required to be given before the right of redemption could be terminated under the law in force when the property was sold to the City for taxes. If no notice was so required, none need be given under this paragraph.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-646, 3-647)

The deed conveys to the City the absolute title to the property, free of all encumbrances.

(Ord. No. 535 N.S. § 3-648)