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Foreclosure and auctions in Weed

Weed requires the owner of a registered vacant, abandoned, accessible or distressed property to name an adult agent who keeps an office in California or lives there. Foreclosure steps follow state law.

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Key points

Agent: The agent must be an adult who keeps an office in California or lives there, and receives notices and legal process.
Registration fee: The initial fee is $500, or $100 if the property is listed for sale or rent at a reasonable price with a licensed agent.
Renewal fee: The renewal fee is $500, for the first and every later renewal, for each vacant, abandoned, accessible or distressed property.
Fines: Fines are up to $100 once a violation is found, $200 if uncured 30 days after the administrator's deadline, and $500 after 60 days.
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.
Trustee sale: State law: a 1–4 unit trustee's sale is not final for 15 days; eligible tenant buyers and bidders may bid within 45 days.

Each rule below is marked Weed 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

Weed code What Weed's code adds
Local contact	Name an adult agent who keeps an office in California or lives there, to receive notices and legal process. Applies: Applies to any registered vacant, abandoned, accessible or distressed property. § 16.30.040 · code text This person must maintain an office in the state of California or reside within the state of California.
Penalty	Up to one hundred dollars. Applies: Applies upon being found in violation and subject to an abatement order. § 16.30.090 · code text Upon being found to be in violation of this chapter, each party subject to an abatement order shall pay an administrative penalty of up to one hundred dollars. Up to two hundred dollars. Applies: Applies if the violation is not abated, cured or eliminated by the thirtieth day after the city administrator's deadline. § 16.30.090 · code text If a violation of this chapter addressed by abatement order has not been abated, cured, remedied or eliminated to the reasonable satisfaction of the city administrator by the thirtieth day after the deadline imposed by the city administrator, each party subject to said abatement order shall pay a supplemental administrative penalty of up to two hundred dollars. Up to five hundred dollars. Applies: Applies if the violation is not abated, cured or eliminated by the sixtieth day after the city administrator's deadline. § 16.30.090 · code text If a violation of this chapter addressed by abatement order has not been abated, cured, remedied or eliminated to the reasonable satisfaction of the city administrator by the sixtieth day after the deadline imposed by the city administrator, each party subject to said abatement order shall pay a supplemental administrative penalty of up to five hundred dollars.
Registration fee	Five hundred dollars. Applies: Applies to the initial registration fee. § 16.30.070 · code text The initial registration fee for each vacant, abandoned, accessible, or distressed property shall be five hundred dollars, but may be reduced to one hundred dollars if the city clerk receives acceptable evidence that the property has been listed for sale or rent at a reasonable price with a licensed real estate agent authorized to sell or lease the property. One hundred dollars. Applies: Applies if the property is listed for sale or rent at a reasonable price with a licensed real estate agent. § 16.30.070 · code text The initial registration fee for each vacant, abandoned, accessible, or distressed property shall be five hundred dollars, but may be reduced to one hundred dollars if the city clerk receives acceptable evidence that the property has been listed for sale or rent at a reasonable price with a licensed real estate agent authorized to sell or lease the property. Five hundred dollars. Applies: Applies to the renewal fee, the first and every later renewal, for each vacant, abandoned, accessible or distressed property. § 16.30.070 · code text The fee for the first and every subsequent renewal is five hundred dollars.

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 Weed?

The agent must be an adult who keeps an office in California or lives there, and receives notices and legal process. The initial fee is $500, or $100 if the property is listed for sale or rent at a reasonable price with a licensed agent. The renewal fee is $500, for the first and every later renewal, for each vacant, abandoned, accessible or distressed property. Fines are up to $100 once a violation is found, $200 if uncured 30 days after the administrator's deadline, and $500 after 60 days.

General information, not legal advice.

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