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SCO — Notice of Divided Publication of the Notice of Impending Power to Sell Tax-defaulted Property

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2026-09-26
Last updated
2026-10-05
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California

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NOTICE OF DIVIDED PUBLICATION OF THE NOTICE OF IMPENDING POWER TO SELL TAX-DEFAULTED PROPERTY

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code sections 3381 through 3385, the Notice of Power to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property in and for (county) County, State of California, has been divided and distributed to various newspapers of general circulation published in the county. A portion of the list appears in each of such newspapers.

Pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Codes sections 3691 and 3692.4, the following conditions will, by operation of law, subject real property to the tax collector’s power to sell:

All property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for five or more years. All nonresidential commercial property for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. Any property the tax collector has received a request to bring the property to the next scheduled tax sale from a person or entity that has a nuisance abatement lien recorded against the property and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years. Any property that has been identified and requested for purchase by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to serve the public benefit by providing housing or services directly related to low-income persons and for which property taxes and assessments have been in default for three or more years.

Note: The power to sell schedule for nonresidential commercial property is three or more years of tax default status, unless the county adopts, by ordinance or resolution, the five-year tax-default schedule.

The parcels listed herein meet one or more of the conditions listed above and thus, will become subject to the tax collector’s power to sell on July 1, (year), at 12:01 a.m., by operation of law. The tax collector's power to sell will arise unless the property is either redeemed or made subject to an installment plan of redemption initiated as provided by law prior to close of business on the last business day in June. The right to an installment plan terminates on the last business day in June, and after that date the entire balance due must be paid in full to prevent sale of the property at a tax sale.

The right of redemption survives the property becoming subject to the power to sell, but it terminates at close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale by the tax collector. All information concerning redemption or the initiation of an installment plan of redemption will be furnished, upon request, (contact person’s name, address and phone number).

The amount to redeem, including all penalties and fees, as of June (year) is shown opposite the parcel number and next to the name of the assessee.

PARCEL NUMBERING SYSTEM EXPLANATION

The Assessor’s Parcel Number (APN), when used to describe property in this list refers to the assessor’s map book, the map page, the block on the map, if applicable, and the individual parcel on the map page or in the block. The assessor’s maps and further explanation of the parcel numbering system are available in the assessor’s office.

Property tax-defaulted on (default date) for the taxes, assessments and other charges for the fiscal year (fiscal year) ITEM ASSESSOR’S PARCEL PROPERTY ADDRESS AMOUNT TO ASSESSEE NAME NUMBER NUMBER REDEEM 1 (Assessor’s Parcel Number) (address) (assessee’s name) $(amount)

(LIST OTHER DEFAULT DATES AND YEARS AS NECESSARY FOR DEFAULTED INSTALLMENT PLANS OR

PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED PROPERTIES SUBJECT TO SALE, USING THE SAME FORMAT AS ABOVE.)

I certify (or declare), under penalty of perjury, that the foregoing is true and correct.


(county) County Tax Collector State of California

Executed at (county seat, county name), California, on (date) Published in (name of newspaper) on (dates of publication)

(§3362, §3381) (Figure 9.4a) (2018)

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