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Roseville requires a boarded building to be repaired for occupancy within 120 days, and a building may not stand vacant for more than 120 days unless an exception applies. A violation is an infraction.

Key points

  • 120-day limit: A boarded building must be repaired for occupancy within 120 days; no building may stand vacant over 120 days unless an exception applies.
  • Active maintenance: Active maintenance and monitoring includes keeping landscaping healthy and growing and the building exterior, including paint and finishes, in good condition.
  • Cleanup and crime: Active maintenance also includes regularly removing exterior trash, debris and graffiti and preventing criminal activity on the premises.
  • Penalty: A violation is an infraction, and each day the substandard building exists is a separate violation.
  • State timeline: State law: notice of sale comes at least 3 months after notice of default is recorded and at least 20 days before the sale.
  • State sale window: Under state law, a 1–4 unit trustee's sale is not final for 15 days; eligible bidders who give notice may bid within 45 days.

Each rule below is marked Roseville 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

Roseville code What Roseville's code adds
Upkeep duties
  • Repair and rehabilitate a boarded building for occupancy within 120 days after boarding. A building may not stand vacant for more than 120 days unless an exception applies.
    Applies: Boarded or vacant building. Exceptions: an active repair permit; meets all codes and is offered for sale, lease or rent; or the building official finds it actively maintained and monitored.
    § 16.34.020 · code text
    The owner of any boarded building, whether boarded by voluntary action of the owner or as a result of enforcement activity by the city, shall cause the boarded building to be repaired and rehabilitated for occupancy within 120 days after the building is boarded.
  • Active maintenance and monitoring must include keeping landscaping and plant materials in healthy, growing condition.
    Applies: The building official determines the building does not add to blight because the owner is actively maintaining and monitoring it.
    § 16.34.020 · code text
    Maintenance of landscaping and plant materials in healthy, growing condition,
  • Maintain the exterior of the building, including paint and finishes, in good condition.
    Applies: The building official determines the building does not add to blight because the owner is actively maintaining and monitoring it.
    § 16.34.020 · code text
    Maintenance of the exterior of the building, including but not limited to paint and finishes, in good condition,
  • Regularly remove all exterior trash, debris and graffiti.
    Applies: The building official determines the building does not add to blight because the owner is actively maintaining and monitoring it.
    § 16.34.020 · code text
    Regular removal of all exterior trash, debris and graffiti,
  • Prevent criminal activity on the premises, including controlled-substance use and sale, prostitution and criminal street gang activity.
    Applies: The building official determines the building does not add to blight because the owner is actively maintaining and monitoring it.
    § 16.34.020 · code text
    Prevention of criminal activity on the premises, including, but not limited to, use and sale of controlled substances, prostitution and criminal street gang activity.
Penalty
  • An infraction. Each day the substandard building exists is a separate violation.
    § 16.34.040 · code text
    Violation of any provision of this title shall be punishable as an infraction and shall be punishable as set forth in Section 1.20.010(B) and Chapter 2.50 of the Roseville Municipal Code. Each and every day that the substandard building exists is a violation of this title and shall be considered to be a separate violation.

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 Roseville?

A boarded building must be repaired for occupancy within 120 days; no building may stand vacant over 120 days unless an exception applies. Active maintenance and monitoring includes keeping landscaping healthy and growing and the building exterior, including paint and finishes, in good condition. Active maintenance also includes regularly removing exterior trash, debris and graffiti and preventing criminal activity on the premises. A violation is an infraction, and each day the substandard building exists is a separate violation.

General information, not legal advice.

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