The certificate of sale may be in substantially the following form, the blanks being filled to show the facts in each case:

_____ Certificate of Sale _____ No. ___

Terms Used In California Water Code 26131

  • County: includes city and county. See California Water Code 14
  • Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
  • land: includes city and town lots and excepts improvements. See California Water Code 25500
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18

_____ _______ Irrigation District _____

I, the collector of ______ Irrigation District, certify that on the ____ day of ____, 19__, after giving the required notice, I sold to ______ Irrigation District, the purchaser, for the sum of ______ dollars ($____) real property in the County of ______, State of California, described as follows:

(Insert description.)

This land was assessed to ________.

This property was sold for a delinquent assessment levied on it in the year ____ by the district, and the sale price was the sum due and unpaid on the assessment and the penalties and costs

The purchaser will be entitled to a deed to the property at any time after five years from the date of the sale unless in the meantime the property is redeemed.

Witness my hand and the seal of the district this ______ day

of ________, 19__.

(District Seal.)

_____ Collector of ______ Irrigation District

(Amended by Stats. 1969, Ch. 1346.)

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