§ 4.28.280. Redemption—Property deeded to state and city.

A.

In all cases where real property has been deeded to the city for delinquent taxes, which property heretofore has been or which hereafter may be tax deeded to the state and to which the city, prior to the exercise of the right of redemption accorded by this section, has acquired or hereafter may acquire deeds from the state pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Part 6 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the state, and where the property has not been disposed of nor entry made thereon by the city, and the real property is subject to sale by the city as provided in Section 4.28.320 or is subject to entry by the city under the provisions of Section 4.28.380, the person whose property has been sold, his heirs, executors, administrators or successors in interest, shall have the right to redeem such real property from the lien of the tax sale to the city by paying to the city controller an amount equal to the total amount of the tax, exclusive of penalties, for which the property was sold, plus the advertising charges referred to in Section 4.28.230, together with all taxes and/or controller's levies, exclusive of penalties, for all the years subsequent to the sale to the date of redemption, and also plus a sum to be fixed by the city assessor, tax and license collector equal to the amounts paid by the city to the county for a conveyance to the city of the interest of the state pursuant to Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Part 6 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the state; the latter sum so to be fixed by the city assessor, tax and license collector to be not less than the amount which the city has paid to the county of Los Angeles, plus advertising, escrow, title, operating and other expenses incurred by the city in connection with said redemption, conveyance and/or reconveyances. If the real property does not appear upon the assessment roll for any year the city controller at the time of redemption shall levy a tax upon the value of the property as fixed by the city assessor, tax and license collector for each of said years, based upon the tax rate effective in each of said years, and said tax shall be a part of the amount required to be paid in the redemption of the property. In all cases where the person or persons having the right to redeem shall have elected to pay delinquent taxes in installments under any of the provisions of this chapter and default shall have been made in the payment of any of the installments or of current taxes for any year subsequent to said election within the time required by law, credit for the total amount of taxes paid in installments together with sums paid upon costs levied under the provisions of Section 4.28.230 shall be allowed in the redemption of the property under the provisions of this section, but no credit shall be allowed for sums paid as a penalty and/or interest.

B.

Upon such redemption the person so redeeming shall be entitled to a quitclaim deed from the city conveying to said person so redeeming the property, all right, title and interest acquired by the city under the deed from the state. The quitclaim deed shall state that the same has been executed by the city in accordance with the provisions of this section, that the property therein conveyed was redeemed by said person upon payment of the amounts in this section required to be paid by said person, and that the quitclaim deed has been executed for the purpose of conveying to and vesting in said person all right, title and interest acquired by the city under the deed to the property from the state.

C.

Upon certification to the legislative body of the city by the city assessor, tax and license collector that the amounts required by this section to be paid to the city by the person redeeming the property have been so paid, the legislative body by resolution shall authorize and direct the chairman of the legislative body to execute and cause to be delivered the quitclaim deed to said person.

D.

The foregoing provisions are necessary and are enacted by reason of economic conditions in the state and in the city and the consequent large number of tax deeded properties deeded to the city, many of which said properties also are deeded to the state, and also by reason of the fact that said properties are not supporting their proper share of the cost of government; it is therefore in the public interest of the people of the city and in pursuance of legislation enacted by the state more particularly designated as Article 2 of Chapter 8 of Part 6 of Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code of the state of California, that the foregoing provisions hereby are enacted.

(Ord. 3676 § 1, 1942: Ord. 3583 § 1, 1941: Ord. 3108 § 51B, 1933)