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SCO — Deferred Payment Agreement (sco8-24)

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 sco8-24.pdf

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DEFERRED PAYMENT AGREEMENT

Pursuant to California Revenue and Taxation Code section 3693.1, the purchaser, by electing to treat the sale as a credit transaction, hereby agrees to pay $5,000 or 10% of the minimum bid amount, whichever is greater, and the documentary transfer taxes to the tax collector on the date of the auction and to pay the balance due within a period specified by the tax collector, not to exceed 90 days from the date of the auction. Upon receipt of full payment of the purchase price and the documentary transfer taxes, the (county) County Tax Collector will execute a deed transferring title to the purchaser.

Failure on the part of the purchaser to consummate the sale within the period specified by the tax collector shall result in the forfeiture of the deposit, forfeiture of all rights with respect to the property, and a claim against the bidder for the actual cost of the sale.

This agreement concerns the property identified as:

Tax auction sale number: _______________ Property address: ____________________________

Assessor's Parcel Number: ______________ ____________________________

Purchase price: $____________________________

Transfer taxes: County: $_______ City: $_________

Total amount due: $____________________________

Deposit (with transfer taxes): $____________________________

Balance due: $____________________________

The balance of $__________ must be paid by _____________, ______, at the Office of the (county) County Tax Collector.

Receipt number _________ issued in acceptance of the above-referenced deposit.

Date of sale and deferred payment agreement: _____________, _______


Name of Purchaser (as it will appear on tax deed)


Signature of Purchaser (county) County Tax Collector


__________________________________________ By _______________________________ Purchaser’s Mailing Address Deputy

Purchaser’s phone number: ______________________________

Mail balance due to: (county) County Tax Collector



Address

(§3693.1) (SCO-8-24)(2017)

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