2023 California Code › Streets and Highways Code - SHC › DIVISION 7 - THE IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 1911 › PART 5 - IMPROVEMENT BONDS › CHAPTER 6 - Default and Sale for Delinquency › Section 6504.

6504. The notice of sale shall be in substantially (filling in all blanks) the following form:
“Notice of Sale of Property Delinquent for Nonpayment of Bond No. __, Series No. __, Issued for the Improvement of ____
“Default having been made in the payment of the following named coupons (here fill in date and amounts of the coupon or coupons which have not been paid) and the holder of said bond having demanded in writing that the Treasurer of the City (or County) of ____ proceed to advertise and sell the lot or parcel of land mentioned in said bond. Now, therefore, I give notice that I will on the ____ day of ____, 20__, at the hour of ____ o’clock _m., of said day, sell at public auction the lot or parcel of land mentioned in said bond, to wit: Parcel Number ____ (or the legal description of the property in said bond) located at ____, at (here state the place of sale, which shall be at the office of said treasurer or at some public place in said city (or county)) unless the amount due on said bond and the accrued interest thereon together with the costs set forth in the third paragraph of this notice are paid; and that I will so sell the same to the person who will pay the highest price for the entire lot or parcel of land hereinafter described, but not less than the full amount of unpaid principal, interest, and penalties on said bond, together with all costs. In the event there is no bidder for the total amount due on said bond, together with the accrued interest, penalties, and costs of sale, I shall deem said lot or parcel of land sold to the holder of said bond, as provided in Section 6509 of the Streets and Highways Code. The lot or parcel of land mentioned in said bond and to be sold, is more particularly described, to wit: (here set forth the description of the lot or parcel of land as contained in the bond). The amount due on said bond up to the date of this notice is as follows: Due on the principal thereof, ____ dollars ($____); due on account of interest ____ dollars ($____) (here set forth the interest calculated and compounded semiannually up to the date on which the notice is dated at the interest rate named in said bond upon the unpaid principal for the full period for which no interest has been paid) due on account of penalties ____ dollars ($____). Total amount due on said bond (here set forth the total of the foregoing items).
“In order to avoid this sale, payment of the total amount above named will be required together with the additional interest accruing up to the date of payment and the following costs: (a) the cost of recording pendency of foreclosure as provided in Section 3121 of the Streets and Highways Code; (b) if incurred, costs of obtaining an abstract of title or title search; (c) the cost of publication of the notice of sale incurred before such payment; and (d) the sum of three dollars ($3) for ascertainment by the treasurer of the name and address of the property owner, as shown on the last equalized roll for taxes, and any person whose name appears as owner on the records of the county assessor’s office which the county will use to prepare the next assessor’s roll. The bond may be reinstated and the sale avoided upon payment of the amounts due, interest, penalties, and costs in the manner provided in Sections 3121 and 6631 of the Streets and Highways Code.
“In the event of sale, such sale will include interest in addition to the above total amount due accruing up to the date of sale, the costs provided in Section 6505.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, and the fee for recording the certificate of sale. The ____ (here name newspaper) is designated as the newspaper in which this notice shall be published.
Dated _______
Treasurer of the City (or County)
of ____________”
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 198, Sec. 13. (AB 3246) Effective January 1, 2019.)