State statute
SCO — sco8-20
California foreclosure, tax-defaulted, court-ordered and probate-sale law and official procedures — verbatim and citable.
- Edition
- 2026-09-26
- Last updated
- 2026-10-05
- Jurisdiction
- California
SCO sample sco8-20.pdf¶
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(Party of Interest) (Street Address) (City, State, and Zip Code)
NOTICE OF EXCESS PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY
Assessor’s Parcel Number: (Assessor’s Parcel Number) Property Address: (property address) Assessee Name: (name of last assessee) Date of Tax Sale: (date of applicable tax sale) Date Tax Deed To Purchaser Recorded: (date of tax deed recording)
FINAL DATE TO SUBMIT CLAIM: (date)
The property referenced in this notice was declared subject to the tax collector's power of sale for non-payment of taxes and later sold. Parties of interest as defined in section 4675 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code have a right to file a claim for any excess proceeds that remain after taxes and costs of the sale have been satisfied.
Our records indicate that you may be a party of interest. A claim form and instructions for filing a claim for excess proceeds are enclosed for your convenience. Please note that the claim must be received within one year of the date the deed to the purchaser was recorded. By law, claims filed after the one-year period cannot be accepted.
Parties of interest and their order of priority are:
- First, lienholders of record prior to the recordation of the tax deed to the purchaser, in the order of their priority.
- Second, any person with title of record to all or any portion of the property prior to the recordation of the tax deed to the purchaser.
If you consider yourself to be a party of interest in the sale of the above referenced property, please fill out the enclosed claim form and return it, along with documentation supporting your claim to: (mailing address).
If you have any questions, please contact the tax collector’s office at (address) or by calling (phone number).
(date)
Sincerely,
(county) County Tax Collector State of California
Executed at (county seat), (county) County, California, on (date).
(§4676) (SCO 8-20) (2017)