Cal. RTC § 3691.2
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 3691.2, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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The notice shall specify:
(a) A statement that five years or more have elapsed since the taxes or assessments on the parcel were declared in default; that three years or more in the case of nonresidential commercial property, as defined in Section 3691, have elapsed since the taxes or assessments on the parcel were declared in default; or that, pursuant to Section 3692.4, three years or more have elapsed and a request has been made by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to offer that property at the next scheduled public auction.
(b) That the property was duly assessed for taxation and the tax legally levied.
(c) That the property is subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes.
(d) The amount of taxes originally declared to be in default, unless there has been a partial cancellation of taxes, a redemption from a portion thereof, or a correction under Sections 4831.5 and 4876.5, in any of which events, the amount shall be the balance remaining.
(e) A metes and bounds or lot-block-tract description of the property.
(a) A statement that five years or more have elapsed since the taxes or assessments on the parcel were declared in default; that three years or more in the case of nonresidential commercial property, as defined in Section 3691, have elapsed since the taxes or assessments on the parcel were declared in default; or that, pursuant to Section 3692.4, three years or more have elapsed and a request has been made by a city, county, city and county, or nonprofit organization to offer that property at the next scheduled public auction.
(b) That the property was duly assessed for taxation and the tax legally levied.
(c) That the property is subject to sale for nonpayment of taxes.
(d) The amount of taxes originally declared to be in default, unless there has been a partial cancellation of taxes, a redemption from a portion thereof, or a correction under Sections 4831.5 and 4876.5, in any of which events, the amount shall be the balance remaining.
(e) A metes and bounds or lot-block-tract description of the property.
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