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Foreclosure and auctions in Redding

Redding requires all vacant buildings to be maintained so they are secure from unauthorized entry, with stricter standards for a building unoccupied more than 30 days after vandalism or entry. Foreclosure steps follow state law.

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Key points

All vacant buildings: All vacant buildings must be maintained so they are secure from unauthorized entry.
After 30 days: A building unoccupied more than 30 days after vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry needs security that prevents deterioration and entry.
Windows: In such a building, windows and sliding doors must resist entry as well as three-eighths inch CCX plywood nailed with 10D galvanized nails.
Doors: Doors and openings 10 feet or less above grade must resist entry like a one and three-eighths inch solid-core door with one-inch deadbolt.
Operable door: In such a building, provide at least one operable door into each building and unit, and keep all locks locked.
State timeline: State law: at least 3 months pass from the recorded notice of default to notice of sale, posted at least 20 days before sale.

Each rule below is marked Redding code or CA state law and links to the section it comes from (checked October 2026). General information, not legal advice.

Registering vacant and foreclosed homes

Redding code What Redding's code adds
Upkeep duties	All vacant buildings must be maintained so they are secure from unauthorized entry. Applies: Applies to all vacant buildings. § 9.09.080 · code text All vacant buildings shall be maintained in a way which secures it from any unauthorized entry. The owner or responsible agent must provide security that prevents further deterioration or unauthorized entry and meets the minimum standards. Applies: Applies to a building unoccupied more than thirty days that has had vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry. § 9.09.080 · code text The owner or responsible agent of a vacant building which has remained unoccupied for a period of more than thirty days and which has suffered from vandalism, broken windows, broken doors or which had an unauthorized entry must provide security which is adequate to prevent further deterioration and/or unauthorized entry and must meet or exceed the following minimum standards: Windows and sliding doors must resist entry as well as, or better than, three-eighths inch CCX plywood securely nailed with 10D galvanized nails into the header, trimmer stud and sill, spaced not more than six inches on center. Applies: Applies to a vacant building unoccupied for more than thirty days that has suffered vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry. § 9.09.080 · code text All windows and sliding doors shall provide resistance to entry equivalent to or greater than that of a solid sheet of three-eighths inch CCX plywood, cut to fit the opening, and securely nailed using 10D galvanized nails into the header, trimmer stud and sill, spaced not more than six inches on the center. Doors and service openings must resist entry as well as, or better than, a closed solid-core door one and three-eighths inches thick with a one-inch throw deadbolt and specified screws. Applies: Applies to thresholds ten feet or less above grade or an accessible stairway, landing, ramp, porch or roof, in a building unoccupied more than thirty days that has had vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry. § 9.09.080 · code text Doors and service openings with thresholds located ten feet or less above grade, or a stairway, landing, ramp, porch, roof or similarly accessible area shall provide resistance to entry equivalent to or greater than that of a closed solid core door one and three-eighths inches thick equipped with a one inch throw deadbolt with two and one half inches long # 8 screws in the strike-plate penetrating into the trimmer stud. Exterior doors may instead be secured from the interior by toe-nailing them to the door frame with 16D galvanized nails at six inches on center into the trimmer stud. Applies: Applies to a vacant building unoccupied for more than thirty days that has suffered vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry. § 9.09.080 · code text As an alternate to subsection B2 of this section and except as provided in subsection 4 of this section, exterior doors shall be secured from the interior of the building by toe nailing them to the door frame using 16D galvanized nails nailed at six inches on center penetrating into the trimmer stud. Provide at least one operable door into each building and unit. An operable door may get a suitable lock. Applies: Applies to a building unoccupied over thirty days after vandalism, broken openings or entry. § 9.09.080 · code text There shall be at least one operable door into each building and into each unit of the building. Keep all locks locked. If a door cannot be made operable, the replacement door must be three-quarter-inch CCX plywood, secured under the specified standards. Applies: Applies to a building unoccupied more than thirty days that has had vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry. § 9.09.080 · code text All locks shall be kept locked. When a door cannot be made operable, a replacement door shall be constructed of three-quarter inch CCX plywood and shall be secured as described in subsections B2 and 3 of this section.

Foreclosure steps and deadlines

CA state law California law sets this statewide. Time between notice of default and sale: At least three months after the notice of default is recorded before notice of sale; the sale itself no earlier than three months and 20 days after the notice of default (Civ. Code § 2924(a)(2), (a)(4)). Notice of trustee's sale: Posted, published and recorded at least 20 days before the sale (Civ. Code § 2924f(b)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Homeowner protections

CA state law California law sets this statewide. No foreclosure while a loan modification is pending: If a complete first-lien modification application is submitted at least five business days before a sale, the servicer may not record a notice of default or sale, or hold the sale, while it is pending (Civ. Code § 2923.6(c)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

The trustee's sale (auction)

CA state law California law sets this statewide. When and where sales are held: At public auction in the county where the property is, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on a business day (Civ. Code § 2924g(a)(1)). Tenant and owner-occupant priority after a sale (SB 1079): On 1–4 unit property, a trustee's sale is not final for 15 days; eligible tenant buyers and eligible bidders who give notice of intent may bid within 45 days (Civ. Code § 2924m(c)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Tenants in a foreclosed home

CA state law California law sets this statewide. Tenants in a foreclosed property: A month-to-month tenant must get at least 90 days' written notice to quit; a tenant with a fixed-term lease signed before the sale may stay to the end of the lease (Code Civ. Proc. § 1161b(a), (b)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Debt after the sale

CA state law California law sets this statewide. No deficiency after a trustee's sale: After a nonjudicial trustee's sale, the lender cannot collect any shortfall from the borrower (Code Civ. Proc. § 580d(a)). California foreclosure rules — the full state rule →

Who this affects

Homeowners behind on a loanBuyers of bank-owned homesLenders and servicers

Frequently asked questions

Must a lender or owner register a vacant or foreclosed home in Redding?

All vacant buildings must be maintained so they are secure from unauthorized entry. A building unoccupied more than 30 days after vandalism, broken windows or doors, or unauthorized entry needs security that prevents deterioration and entry. In such a building, windows and sliding doors must resist entry as well as three-eighths inch CCX plywood nailed with 10D galvanized nails. Doors and openings 10 feet or less above grade must resist entry like a one and three-eighths inch solid-core door with one-inch deadbolt. In such a building, provide at least one operable door into each building and unit, and keep all locks locked.

General information, not legal advice.

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