California · Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC

RTC §3791.4: (a) When residential or vacant property has been tax defaulted for five years or more, or three years or more after the property has become tax defaulted and is subject to a nuisance abatement lien, t

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(a) When residential or vacant property has been tax defaulted for five years or more, or three years or more after the property has become tax defaulted and is subject to a nuisance abatement lien, that property may, with the approval of the board of supervisors of the county in which it is located, be purchased pursuant to this chapter by a nonprofit organization, provided that: (1) In the case of residential property, the nonprofit organization shall rehabilitate and sell or rent to, or otherwise use the property to serve, low-income persons. (2) In the case of vacant property, the nonprofit organization shall construct residential dwellings on the property and sell or rent the property to low-income persons, otherwise use the property to serve low-income persons, or dedicate the vacant property to public use. (b) The terms and conditions of any conveyance to a nonprofit corporation pursuant to this section shall be specified in the deed or other instrument of conveyance.

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