§ 16659 District Delinquent Property Disposition

• •If a local area doesn't use county tax assessments, the tax collector can sell properties with unpaid taxes.
• •The property is sold to the local area, not a person, if taxes aren't paid.
• •The local area can then sell or keep the property, just like the state does with unpaid county taxes.

Imagine you own a house but forget to pay your property taxes for years.

If your local area handles its own taxes, the tax collector can sell your house to the local government. Then, the local government can either sell it to someone else or keep it, just like the state would do if you didn’t pay county taxes.