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8400-8401 Deed to Purchaser: General Information

8400. EXECUTION
Upon receipt of the full purchase price, including collection on any negotiable paper, a deed to the purchaser must be executed and either a duplicate or a conformed copy containing the recording data, i.e., date, book, page, and series number, must be sent to the State Controller (Rev. & Tax. Code §3708).

EXCEPTION: If a Chapter 8 agreement provides that no payment be made until some later date, once payment has been made in compliance with the terms of the agreement, the tax collector must promptly deliver the deed to the purchaser and to the county recorder for recordation; he/she must also send a conformed copy of the deed to the State Controller. The recorder must record the deed and prepare the necessary conformed copies without charge (Rev. & Tax. Code §3804) (M-8371). The execution date must be the date the property is actually sold or the effective date of a Chapter 8 agreement, even though the deed is usually acknowledged and recorded later.

8401. ACCURACY ESSENTIAL
Accurate preparation of deeds reduces the number of successful challenges of their validity. The tax collector should review the accuracy of all deeds, especially dates, amounts and legal descriptions, before they are signed.