SECTIONS 44800-44806 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 44800-44806

44800. Any parcel of land bid in and purchased by any county
treasurer as trustee of the bond fund of the district may be sold and
conveyed by him or his successor in office at any time after the
expiration of the redemption period of three years, at public sale
with notice, to the highest bidder. The trustee shall have the right
to reject any and all bids.

44800.5. Any parcel of land bid in and purchased by any county
treasurer as trustee of the bond fund of the district as provided in
this division may, without notice, be sold and conveyed by him or his
successor in office at private sale to the owner of record at the
date of the certificate of sale or to the owner's successor in
interest, upon his paying to such trustee the amount for which the
same was struck off to said trustee with interest thereon at the rate
of 7 percent per year, compounded yearly, from the date of the
delinquent sale, together with any call that has been made upon any
prior or subsequent assessment.

44801. Payment may be made either in cash or in matured bonds and
coupons issued on the assessment, taken at their face value.

44802. The treasurer shall execute a deed to the purchaser upon the
sale, conveying the property free of encumbrances, except as
provided for deeds where no redemption is made.

44803. If any land held by a county treasurer as trustee of the
bond fund of a district remains unsold after the final installment of
the assessment has been collected by payment or sale, each county
treasurer shall sell all the land held by him at public auction to
the highest bidder for cash.

44804. Notice of the sale shall be given by publication once a week
for two successive weeks in some newspaper published in the county
in which the land is situated.

44805. The county treasurer shall deposit the proceeds of the sale
in the treasury of the county to the credit of the bond fund of the
district.

44806. Each county treasurer shall charge to the general fund of
the district, or to the bond fund if he has no money to the credit of
the general fund, the expense of publication of notices and of
recording certificates of sale, and shall notify the treasurer of the
district of the charge.