SECTIONS 9535-9544 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 9535-9544

9535. If both portions of the installments, levied pursuant to
Chapter 6 of this part, are not paid before the last Monday in April
at 6 o'clock p.m., the board shall publish in each county where the
delinquencies exist, in one notice, a list of all the delinquencies
in the county at least once a week for two weeks successively in some
newspaper of general circulation published in the county.

9536. The notice shall contain the following:
(a) A description of each parcel of land assessed within the
county whereon an installment or installments are delinquent, as such
description appears on the assessment list.
(b) The name of the owner to whom the parcel is assessed or a
statement that it is assessed to unknown owners if such be the fact.
(c) The amount of the installment or installments delinquent on
the parcel, and the amount of the penalty thereon.
(d) A notice that each of the parcels will be sold at public
auction by the county treasurer in front of the courthouse of the
county at a specified day and hour.

9537. The sale shall be held not less than 30 days nor more than 90
days from the date of delinquency.

9538. At the time and place stated in the notice the county
treasurer shall sell each parcel of land described in the notice to
the highest bidder unless prior thereto he has received payment in
full of the delinquent installment or installments together with the
penalty.

9539. No bid for any parcel shall be accepted less than the
aggregate sum then due for the installment or installments thereon,
together with the penalty, except that the county treasurer may
receive from any purchaser at their face value, in lieu of cash,
bonds of the drainage district issued upon the assessment, or their
interest coupons, if the bonds or coupons are then matured or will
mature within one year after such sale.

9540. Any bonds or coupons so received in payment shall be canceled
by the county treasurer and transmitted to the State Treasurer.

9541. If the entire amount of any bond or coupon tendered in
payment is not required to complete payment of the purchase money,
the county treasurer shall indorse thereon as paid the amount of the
purchase money credited thereon.

9542. The bond fund of the assessment shall be credited with the
amount of purchase money paid in bonds or coupons on delinquent
sales, and of all sums indorsed as paid upon account of purchase
money on any bonds or coupons, specifying the same, a statement of
which shall be furnished by the county treasurer to the State
Treasurer.

9543. The county treasurer shall execute to each purchaser at the
delinquent sale including the drainage district, a certificate of
sale, which shall be recorded by the purchaser in the county recorder'
s office of the county in which the land is situated.

9544. The county treasurer may if directed by the board postpone
the delinquent sale from time to time for not less than 10 nor more
than 30 days by a written notice posted at the place of sale.