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Alameda County, California — Tax Sale & Surplus Procedure

Local operations layer. The legal framework (5-year power-of-sale clock, pre-sale-only redemption, RTC §§ 4674–4676 excess-proceeds waterfall, Tyler compliance, statutes, case law) lives on the parent page → california. This page covers how Alameda County actually runs it. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-01.

C0. Identity

C1. Local Tax Sale

C2. Local Redemption → framework: right-of-redemption

C3. Local Surplus / Excess Proceeds → framework: surplus-funds

  • Claim filing venue: Clerk of the Board’s Office, Assessment Appeals Unit, Attn: Claim for Excess Proceeds — i.e., the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, NOT the Tax Collector and NOT a court. Mailing/filing address: 1221 Oak Street, Suite 536, Oakland, CA 94612. Phone (510) 272-3854, Fax (510) 208-9660. (This is the office that determines the proof required and brings claims to the Board for distribution under RTC § 4675(d)–(e); see california module 3.) — https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms/claimexcess.pdf
  • Claim form: “Claim for Excess Proceeds (Revenue & Taxation Code § 4675)” — official Clerk of the Board form. https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms/claimexcess.pdf (also listed on the Clerk’s forms page https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms.htm). The form requires the Assessor’s Parcel No., Item No., Date of Sale, amount claimed, a notarized declaration under penalty of perjury, and a statement of the claimant’s party-of-interest basis. — https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms/claimexcess.pdf
  • Documentation required (per the form’s instructions):
    • Person with title of record: original recorded documents (deed, death certificate, court order, etc.), notarized verification, and photographic proof of identity. Heirs of a deceased title-holder must add a Probate Code § 13100 et seq. affidavit.
    • Lienholders of record: original recorded lien + statement of original amount, payments received, and balance due as of the sale date + photo ID. Trust-deed beneficiaries add the original note, trust deed, and assignments; judgment creditors add a certified copy of the judgment and proof the debtor held record ownership.
    • Assignees / third-party recovery agents: a verified, notarized affidavit executed by all parties to the assignment that explicitly states the right to claim excess proceeds is assigned, plus (1) proof the amount and source of excess proceeds was disclosed to the interested party, (2) that the party was advised of the right to file a claim directly with the County at no cost, and (3) the interested party’s contact information (mirrors RTC § 4675(b)–(c); see california module 3 and third-party-recovery-rules).
    • Business claims: corporate/LLC/partnership authority docs (Articles, Statement of Information, company resolution, etc.). — https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms/claimexcess.pdf
  • Local deadline notes: State law controls — a claim must be filed prior to the expiration of one year following recordation of the Tax Collector’s deed to the purchaser (RTC § 4675(a)). The form expressly notes excess proceeds will not be distributed before the expiration of one year following execution of the Tax Collector’s deed, and any action to review the Board’s decision must be commenced within 90 days of that decision (RTC § 4675(g)). Claimants must notify the Clerk of the Board of any address change so notice can be given at the end of the one-year period. — https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms/claimexcess.pdf
  • Unclaimed-funds / excess-proceeds list published? needs_verification — a standalone Alameda excess-proceeds / unclaimed-funds list URL on an official county page was not located on this pass (the Clerk of the Board hosts the claim form and the TTC publishes auction results PDFs, but no confirmed live “excess proceeds available to claim” listing was retrieved). The TTC does publish auction results reports (e.g., 2023 TDL auction results PDF). — https://treasurer.acgov.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/2023-TDLAuctionResultsReport.pdf
  • Contact: Clerk of the Board — Assessment Appeals Unit, (510) 272-3854 (excess-proceeds line on the form) / general Clerk of the Board (510) 208-4949. — https://www.acgov.org/clerk/forms/claimexcess.pdf , https://www.acgov.org/clerk/contactus.htm

C4. Offices & Contacts

OfficeNameAddressPhoneURL
Treasurer / Tax CollectorAlameda County Treasurer-Tax Collector1221 Oak St., Room 131, Oakland, CA 94612(510) 272-6800 · TTC.WEBMAIL@co.alameda.ca.ushttps://treasurer.acgov.org/
Clerk of the Board (excess-proceeds filing venue)Clerk of the Board of Supervisors — Assessment Appeals Unit1221 Oak St., Suite 536, Oakland, CA 94612(510) 272-3854 (excess proceeds) · (510) 208-4949 (general) · Fax (510) 208-9660https://www.acgov.org/clerk/
Recorder / Register of DeedsAlameda County Auditor-Controller/Clerk-Recorder1106 Madison St., Oakland, CA 94607(510) 272-6362 · (888) 280-7708 (toll-free / records instrument lookup)https://auditor.alamedacountyca.gov/clerk-recorder-real-property-recording/
Sheriff (if applicable)Not used for tax-defaulted sales (TTC conducts the sale via Bid4Assets). Sheriff/levying officer involved only in judicial-foreclosure execution sales — see california module 5.———

Note: For tax-defaulted sales and excess-proceeds claims there is no clerk of court role — claims are decided administratively by the Board of Supervisors via the Clerk of the Board (RTC § 4675; see california). The Superior Court is involved only in quiet-title / set-aside litigation or judicial review of a Board decision.

C5. Local Procedure Notes

C6. Records Access

C7. Meta

  • sources:
  • needs_verification:
    • Standalone excess-proceeds / unclaimed-funds list URL — no confirmed live official Alameda County listing of “excess proceeds available to claim” was retrieved this pass; only the claim form (Clerk of the Board) and TTC auction-results PDFs were located. Whether Alameda publishes a per-sale excess-proceeds availability list (and at what URL) is unconfirmed.
    • Bid4Assets storefront (AlamedaMar26) is HTTP-403/Cloudflare-gated to automated fetch; the 2026 sale terms were corroborated via the county TTC FAQ and KTVU coverage rather than verbatim storefront text.
    • County-wide enterprise GIS open-data viewer URL (beyond the Assessor Parcel Viewer) not separately confirmed.
    • Treasurer-Tax Collector officeholder name not pulled from a retrieved official bio page (office identified, individual not).
    • The TTC FAQ “72 hours” payment phrasing vs. the 2026 KTVU “Mar 25 1 p.m. settlement” deadline — both retrieved; treat the per-sale Bid4Assets settlement deadline as controlling for a given auction.
  • cross_links: california, right-of-redemption, surplus-funds, third-party-recovery-rules, treasurer-sale, tyler-v-hennepin-county
  • changelog:
    • 2026-06-01 — Initial population (autoresearch). Verified against Alameda County official sources: TTC Tax Defaulted Land page + FAQ (Bid4Assets online auction, 35 deposit, redemption cutoff = day before sale, minimum bid = redeem + costs, certified-funds/wire, ~60-day deed), 2026 sale dates/parcel count via KTVU (256 properties, $455 floor, Mar 17 deposit / Mar 20–25 auction), official Clerk of the Board “Claim for Excess Proceeds (§ 4675)” form (PDF text extracted — filing venue = Clerk of the Board Assessment Appeals Unit, 1221 Oak St Suite 536, (510) 272-3854; one-year deadline; assignment/agent disclosure mirrors § 4675(b)-(c)), Clerk-Recorder Official Public Records Portal (deeds 1969–present), Assessor Parcel Viewer, TTC property-tax portal, Census population. Excess-proceeds availability list, Bid4Assets verbatim text, enterprise GIS URL, and TTC officeholder flagged needs_verification (honest gaps; all load-bearing facts primary/official-sourced).

Legal information, not legal advice. This page summarizes Alameda County tax-sale operations from the county’s own official sources as of the last_verified date. Procedures, dates, platforms, and fees change; verify against the cited county pages and the parent framework california, and consult a licensed California attorney before acting.

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