Butte County, California — Tax Sale & Surplus Procedure

Local operations layer. The legal framework (redemption periods, surplus rights, statutes, case law) lives on the parent page → california. This page covers how Butte County actually runs it. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

C0. Identity

• County seat: Oroville
• Population: ~210,151 (FIPS 06007)
• FIPS: 06007
• Recording unit: County (one of California’s 58 counties)
• Parent legal framework: california — California is a tax-deed, administrative-sale, pre-sale-redemption-only state, already Tyler-compliant via RTC §§ 4674–4676.
• Sale type inherited from state: Tax deed (administrative, no lien certificate, no post-sale redemption) — RTC §§ 3691, 3708 (see california).
• Lead office: Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector (Treasurer–Tax Collector Troy Kidd), 25 County Center Drive, Suite 125, Oroville, CA 95965 · Property Tax Division (530) 552-3720 · taxes@buttecounty.net · buttecounty.net/ttc. The Treasurer–Tax Collector administers the tax-defaulted sale, redemption, and excess-proceeds process. — buttecounty.net Treasurer–Tax Collector page; Excess Proceeds Claim Form (DocumentCenter/View/4078, retrieved 2026-06-02)

C1. Local Tax Sale → framework: california

• Conducts own sale? Yes — the Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector conducts the county’s own tax-defaulted-property auction. Property “subject to the power to sell” is offered after the statewide 5-year default-and-power-to-sell process (3 years for certain nonresidential commercial property); the Tax Collector records a Notice of Power to Sell once the period elapses without redemption. No lien certificates are sold (California is a tax-deed state). — buttecounty.net Property Tax Auctions / Tax Auction FAQ; Notice of Impending Power to Sell 2025 (DocumentCenter/View/15741); RTC §§ 3691, 3708 (see california)
• Platform: Bid4Assets — the online auction runs at www.bid4assets.com (county storefront, e.g. bid4assets.com/butte). Registration and bidding are online only; “only bids submitted via the Internet will be accepted.” — buttecounty.net Property Tax Auctions / Tax Auction FAQ (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Calendar: Annual / as-directed — the auction is held roughly annually, commonly in June (recent sales: June 11–14, 2021 (154 parcels); June 15–18, 2018; June 7–10, 2024). The next/most-recent scheduled sale runs Friday, June 5, 2026, 8:00 a.m. (PDT) through Monday, June 8, 2026, 1:00 p.m. (PDT), conducted on the Internet at bid4assets.com. — buttecounty.net Property Tax Auctions (retrieved 2026-06-02); PR Newswire “Butte County to Auction 154 Tax-Defaulted Properties” (2021); Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (DocumentCenter/View/13738) — June 2024 sale
• Rate within statutory range: N/A — no investor interest rate (tax-deed state; no lien certificates). Pre-sale redemption penalties follow the statewide RTC § 4103 figures (see california).
• Registration & deposit: Register on Bid4Assets; a $5,000 deposit plus a$35 processing fee is required to register for the sale. The deposit may be applied to the final bid purchase price. For the June 2021 sale, deposits were due no later than the start date (Tuesday, June 11, 2021). — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (faq.aspx?TID=59); PR Newswire (2021)
• Bidder requirements: Anyone may register and bid online; property is sold strictly “as is” — “Butte County makes no guarantee, expressed or implied, relative to the title, location or condition of the properties for sale,” and bidders are urged to research each parcel themselves. The winning bidder is legally obligated to purchase; failure to consummate the sale bars the bidder from future tax sales in Butte County. No mail-in or in-person bids. — buttecounty.net Property Tax Auctions / Tax Auction FAQ (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Payment terms / fees collected at sale: Full payment is due within three business days after the sale closes, by cashier’s check, wire transfer, or electronic funds transfer (no personal checks). The buyer also pays a documentary stamp (transfer) tax of $0.55 per$500 of the purchase price. “All sales are final and there are absolutely no refunds.” — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (faq.aspx?TID=59); Property Tax Auctions
• Minimum bid: statutory — “not less than the minimum bid as shown on this notice” (the amount necessary to redeem the property plus costs, per RTC § 3698.5). For the June 2021 sale, minimum bids ranged from $1,745 to over$105,000. — buttecounty.net Property Tax Auctions; PR Newswire (2021); RTC § 3698.5 (see california)
• Tax deed timing / possession: the successful bidder “may generally take possession after the tax deed to purchase the property has been recorded”; most title companies will not insure the property “for at least one year after the tax deed has been recorded.” — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (faq.aspx?TID=59)
• Delinquent / auction list location: the candidate parcel list is published as a “List of parcels (PDF)” on the county’s Property Tax Auctions page (buttecounty.net/1041/Property-Tax-Auctions), with a parallel newspaper publication (PDF) (advertised in the Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville Mercury-Register). — buttecounty.net Property Tax Auctions (retrieved 2026-06-02); Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (DocumentCenter/View/13738) — “Published in Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville Mercury Register”

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

• Where/how to redeem locally: pay the amount necessary to redeem to the Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector, 25 County Center Drive, Suite 125, Oroville, CA 95965; Property Tax Division (530) 552-3720. The right to redeem (or pay taxes to avoid the sale) ends “at the close of business, 5 pm, on the last business day prior to the sale” — the statewide RTC §§ 4101/3707 cutoff. The FAQ confirms “there is no extended right of redemption in the State of California.” — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (faq.aspx?TID=59); RTC §§ 4101, 3707 (see california)
• Local fees / payment-form rules: the statewide redemption penalties/fees apply (10% delinquent penalty, 1½%/month redemption penalty, $15 redemption fee — RTC §§ 4102/4103, see california). Property-tax payments are also accepted online via the county portal (common2.mptsweb.com/mbc/butte/tax/search). (Specific accepted-form rules in the final weeks before a sale, e.g. certified-funds-only requirements, were not located on a retrieved Butte page — needs_verification.) — buttecounty.net Property Taxes / Pay Property Taxes Online (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Redemption contact: Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector, Property Tax Division, (530) 552-3720, taxes@buttecounty.net.
• Deviations from state default: none of substance; Butte follows the statewide pre-sale-only redemption scheme. If a parcel is not sold at auction, the right of redemption revives until the next scheduled sale (statewide practice). — RTC §§ 4101, 3707 (see california)

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

(Business-critical module.)

• Claim filing venue: Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector — claims are filed with the county (not a court); the Board of Supervisors considers/approves claims after the one-year period (RTC § 4675(d)).
  • Mailing address (claims): Butte County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Attention: Julie Emerson, 25 County Center Drive, Suite 125, Oroville, CA 95969 (the claim-form PDF shows both ZIP 95965 in the office header and 95969 in the mailing block; use the Suite 125 Oroville address).
  • Office / phone / email: 25 County Center Drive, Suite 125, Oroville · (530) 552-3720 · taxes@buttecounty.net · fax (530) 538-6551. — buttecounty.net Excess Proceeds Claim Form (DocumentCenter/View/4078, retrieved 2026-06-02); Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (DocumentCenter/View/13738)
• What counts as excess proceeds: “proceeds in excess of the taxes and costs of the sale” — claimable by lienholders and the former owner; statewide threshold is amounts exceeding $150 (RTC §§ 4674, 4676). — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ; RTC §§ 4674, 4676(a) (see california)
• Who may claim (priority): per RTC § 4675 (recited verbatim on the county claim form) — (a) first, lien holders of record prior to recordation of the tax deed, in the order of their priority; (b) then, any person with title of record prior to recordation of the tax deed; if a record owner is deceased, heirs may submit an affidavit under Probate Code §§ 13100 et seq.; (c) a party of interest may assign the right to claim by a dated written instrument that explicitly states the assignment, after full disclosure (the claim form lists “Lienholder of Record / Owner of Record / Qualified Heir(s) of Owner of Record / Assignee of a Party of Interest”). — buttecounty.net Excess Proceeds Claim Form (DocumentCenter/View/4078); RTC § 4675 (see california)
• Claim form: “Claim for Excess Proceeds” — the Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector’s form (signed under penalty of perjury and notarized), available at buttecounty.net/ttc (Excess Proceeds Claim Form PDF, DocumentCenter/View/4078). Claimants may use their own in-house form only if it includes, at minimum, all the same information as the county form; the county does not accept lost-document affidavits. — buttecounty.net Excess Proceeds Claim Form (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Local deadline notes: statewide one-year RTC § 4675 deadline — completed claims “must be received BEFORE THE EXPIRATION OF ONE YEAR following the date of the recording of the deed to the purchaser”; “claims not filed by the final date will not be accepted.” Claims are then processed after one year has passed from deed recordation, for Board of Supervisors consideration. Worked example: the June 7–10, 2024 sale’s notice set a final claim date of Thursday, July 9, 2025; the June 15–18, 2018 sale (deed recorded July 12, 2018) set a final date of Friday, July 12, 2019. Supporting documentation is not accepted after the final claim date. — buttecounty.net Excess Proceeds Claim Form (DocumentCenter/View/4078); Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (DocumentCenter/View/13738); RTC § 4675(a) (see california)
• Unclaimed list published? Yes (functionally) — the county publishes a per-sale “Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds from the Sale of Tax-Defaulted Property” (RTC § 4676), listing each APN, property address, and the parties of interest entitled to claim (e.g., the June 2024 sale notice, DocumentCenter/View/13738), advertised in the Chico Enterprise-Record and Oroville Mercury-Register and posted on the county website. Per statewide RTC §§ 4674/4676, unclaimed excess proceeds revert to the county general fund after the one-year claim period (see california). — Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (DocumentCenter/View/13738, retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Contact: Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector, Attn: Julie Emerson / Excess Proceeds, (530) 552-3720, taxes@buttecounty.net.

▸ For Investors / Operators — Butte runs its tax-deed sales through Bid4Assets (bid4assets.com/butte) on a roughly annual, June cadence ($5,000 +$35 deposit; full payment within three business days by cashier’s check/wire/EFT; $0.55/$500 documentary transfer tax; “all sales final, no refunds”). The venue you will work for any post-sale surplus is the county Treasurer–Tax Collector / Board of Supervisors (not a court), under the RTC § 4675 waterfall (lienholders of record by priority → record owner). See california §5b for the marketable-title path (the one-year RTC § 3725 challenge window and quiet title) and §7b for which liens survive a California tax deed (IRS redemption-right liens, special assessments, recorded restrictions). Note the local “as is,” buyer-beware posture and that title companies generally will not insure for at least one year after the tax deed is recorded.

▸ For Former Owners — When a Butte tax-deed sale produces more than the taxes and costs (over $150), the residual excess proceeds are claimable by lienholders of record and then the former record owner. The claim is filed with the county Treasurer–Tax Collector (mail to: Butte County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Attn: Julie Emerson, 25 County Center Drive, Suite 125, Oroville, CA 95969) on the county’s “Claim for Excess Proceeds” form (notarized), and must be received within one year of recordation of the tax deed — claims not filed by the final date “will not be accepted.” California sets no percentage fee cap on a tax-sale excess-proceeds recovery agent (see california §3), but an agent must disclose the amount/source and the right to file directly at no cost; you may also assign the claim via the county’s assignment process within the same one-year window.

C4. Offices & Contacts

C5. Local Procedure Notes

• Bid4Assets platform (online-only): Butte’s tax-deed sales run on Bid4Assets (bid4assets.com/butte), online-only, with a flat $5,000 deposit +$35 processing fee; only Internet bids are accepted (no mail-in or in-person bids).
• June cadence, full payment in 3 business days: the auction is held roughly annually in June; the winner pays the full price within three business days by cashier’s check, wire, or EFT, plus a $0.55/$500 documentary transfer tax. “All sales are final and there are absolutely no refunds.”
• Defaulting-bidder ban: a winning bidder who fails to consummate is barred from future Butte County tax sales (and is subject to the statewide RTC § 3456 cost-claim / deposit-forfeiture consequences — see california).
• No pre-sale private purchase / redemption removes the parcel: legal title can be obtained only by being the successful online bidder; paying the delinquent taxes before the sale is redemption by a party of interest, which removes the parcel from the sale (no extended/post-sale redemption in California).
• Separate Treasurer–Tax Collector and Clerk-Recorder: the Treasurer–Tax Collector (Troy Kidd, 25 County Center Dr.) handles defaulted-tax sale, redemption, and excess proceeds; the Clerk-Recorder (155 Nelson Ave., Hall of Records) records the tax deed; the Assessor maintains the assessment roll. The Board of Supervisors approves surplus claims after the one-year period (RTC § 4675(d)).
• As-is, buyer-beware, title-insurance lag: the county disclaims title, location, and condition, and warns that most title companies will not insure a tax-deed parcel for at least one year after the deed is recorded (the statewide RTC § 3725 challenge window — see california §5b). Surviving encumbrances (including IRS liens with a 120-day federal redemption right) follow RTC § 3712 (see california §7b).
• No tax-lien certificates / no extended post-sale redemption — the county conveys only a tax deed; redemption ends at 5 p.m. the last business day before the sale.

C6. Records Access

• Parcel / assessment search (Assessor): ParcelQuest — http://assr.parcelquest.com/but.aspx — search by APN or street address; returns APN, status, situs address, legal description, land/improvement value, exemptions, and total assessed value. “The data on this site does come directly from the Butte County Assessor and is updated frequently.” — buttecounty.net Parcel Search (Assessed Value Lookup) (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Recorder / deed search: Official Record Look-Up through the Butte County Clerk-Recorder (Hall of Records, 155 Nelson Ave., Oroville; (530) 552-3400), accessible via the Clerk-Recorder site (buttevotes.ca.gov/27/Clerk-Recorder). Recording hours Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (Direct online official-records search endpoint URL not captured at a retrieved official page — needs_verification.) — buttevotes.ca.gov Clerk-Recorder (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• GIS map: Butte County GIS / Interactive Maps — http://gis.buttecounty.net/Public/Index.html?viewer=GISSearch and the Butte County Parcel Map ArcGIS Experience (experience.arcgis.com/experience/5e8ca3d811bc454192fd2a7e1f938103); parcel boundaries, addresses, GP/zoning, flood zones, supervisor districts. — buttecounty.net Interactive Maps / GIS Maps (retrieved 2026-06-02)
• Tax payment portal: “Pay Property Taxes Online” — https://common2.mptsweb.com/mbc/butte/tax/search — via the Treasurer–Tax Collector site; also by phone through the Property Tax Division (530) 552-3720. — buttecounty.net Property Taxes (retrieved 2026-06-02)

C8. Title & Quiet Title

• Title type inherited from state: Tax deed (not a lien certificate; no post-sale redemption period for the former owner). — california module 1; RTC §§ 3691, 3708
• Quiet title action:
  • Required? Not required to receive the tax deed (recorded administratively by the Clerk-Recorder after the sale). However, the statewide one-year RTC §§ 3725–3726 challenge window means title insurers generally will not insure a tax-deed property until that period runs and/or title is quieted — the county FAQ itself states most title companies will not insure “for at least one year after the tax deed has been recorded.” Quiet title is therefore practically required before resale to a financed buyer or before insuring. — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (faq.aspx?TID=59); RTC §§ 3725–3726 (see california §5b)
  • Type: Judicial (Code Civ. Proc. §§ 760.010–764.010).
  • Court: Superior Court of California, County of Butte — Butte County Courthouse, One Court Street, Oroville, CA 95965; Civil (530) 532-7009. — butte.courts.ca.gov Locations & Contact Info (retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Typical timeline (uncontested): ~6–9 months; publication adds 2–3 months; contested 12–18+ months — consistent with statewide CA estimates (california §5b); no Butte-specific case data located. (secondary — needs_verification for Butte-specific figures.)
  • Typical cost range (uncontested): ~$3,500–$10,000 total (Superior Court filing fee + title search + publication + attorney fees), per statewide estimates. (secondary only — needs_verification: Butte County-specific attorney rates and current Superior Court civil filing fee not primary-sourced; see butte.courts.ca.gov fee schedule.)
• Deed seasoning local notes: title insurers active in Chico/Oroville generally require the one-year RTC § 3725 challenge period to run (and often a quiet-title judgment) before issuing a policy on a tax-deed parcel — standard California statewide practice; the county FAQ corroborates the ~one-year insurance lag. — california §5b; buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (insurer-specific tax-deed criteria — needs_verification.)
• Title insurers active locally (Chico / Oroville / Butte):
  • Old Republic Title (formerly Bidwell Title & Escrow, rebranded January 2024; traces to Oroville Title Company 1929) — Chico/Oroville offices. — oldrepublictitle.com/california/butte (retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Fidelity National Title Company — Butte County / Chico office. — facebook.com/FidelityButte; fntshasta.com (serves Butte/Shasta/Tehama) (retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • First American Title / Mid Valley Title & Escrow — Oroville. — local.firstam.com/ca/offices/mid-valley-title-escrow-oroville (retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • Note: none publishes tax-deed/quiet-title underwriting guidelines on its local page; seasoning and quiet-title requirements follow California statewide practice. (needs_verification: insurer-specific tax-deed criteria.)

C9. Purchaser Obligations

• Subsequent tax payment office:
  • Subsequent and current-year property taxes are paid to the Butte County Treasurer–Tax Collector, 25 County Center Dr., Suite 125, Oroville, CA 95965; online via “Pay Property Taxes Online” (common2.mptsweb.com/mbc/butte/tax/search) or by phone (530) 552-3720. From recordation of the tax deed, the purchaser is owner of record and responsible for future taxes. — buttecounty.net Property Taxes / Treasurer– Tax Collector (retrieved 2026-06-02); RTC § 3712(a); california §10b
• Notice to owner procedure:
  • The County (Tax Collector) bears the obligation to notify parties of interest of the right to claim excess proceeds, mailing to the last-known address (or publishing if the address can’t be found) and publishing the RTC § 4676 “Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds.” This is not the purchaser’s duty. — Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (DocumentCenter/View/13738); RTC § 4676(b); california §3
  • Pre-sale notice: the Tax Collector sends statutory notice of the proposed sale and records a Notice of (Impending) Power to Sell to parties of interest (RTC §§ 3701–3702; Notice of Impending Power to Sell 2025, DocumentCenter/View/15741); the validity of the sale is not affected if a reasonable effort fails to find an address. — buttecounty.net Notice of Impending Power to Sell 2025; RTC § 3701 (see california)
  • Purchaser has no statutory duty to notify the former owner of the RTC § 3725 one-year challenge period’s expiration. — california §10b
• Redemption payment office:
  • Pre-sale only — redemption is made to the Treasurer–Tax Collector (same office) until 5 p.m. on the last business day before the sale. There is no post-sale redemption for California tax-deed sales; after the deed is recorded the former owner’s only recourse is a § 3725 challenge (within one year) or an excess-proceeds claim (within one year). — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ (faq.aspx?TID=59); RTC §§ 3707, 3708; california
• Occupancy and access notes (local practice):
  • The tax deed conveys title and the right to possession upon recordation (“the successful bidder may generally take possession after the tax deed … has been recorded”); the county does not manage occupancy or conduct evictions. Holdover occupants must be removed by an unlawful detainer action in Butte County Superior Court (Civil Division, One Court Street, Oroville); the Sheriff’s civil division enforces court-ordered evictions. The IRS may redeem federal-lien properties within 120 days of the sale (see california §7b). — buttecounty.net Tax Auction FAQ

C10. Local Restrictions

• Right of first refusal active locally?
  • No municipality-level or land-bank ROFR identified for Butte County. The statewide RTC Chapter 8 (§§ 3771/3791 et seq.) negotiated-sale framework applies county-wide: a public agency, taxing agency, or qualified nonprofit may object to a scheduled auction sale or request to purchase prior-auction unsold parcels via a Chapter 8 agreement (Board of Supervisors agreement + State Controller approval) — a pre-/post- auction negotiated-purchase option, not a post-auction match ROFR. Nonprofits buying residential property may purchase only substandard properties and must rehabilitate and use them for low-income persons. — RTC §§ 3691, 3771–3841, 3695.5 (see california §11b); buttecounty.net Property Taxes (nonprofit Chapter 8 description, retrieved 2026-06-02)
  • needs_verification: whether the City of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, Biggs, or the Town of Paradise has adopted a local tax-sale ROFR ordinance beyond the state framework — not confirmed from a retrieved source.
• Land bank name / URL:
  • No dedicated Butte County tax-defaulted-property land bank was identified; the county does not operate a Michigan-style land-bank authority. Public agencies and nonprofits use the RTC Chapter 8 process. (needs_verification: any city-level land bank.)
• Entity / insider notes:
  • No local entity restriction identified — any person or entity may register and bid on Bid4Assets (RTC § 3691(a): “Any person … may purchase”). Standard state conflict-of-interest law (Gov. Code §§ 1090/87100) applies to county officials; no Butte-specific published employee-bidding bar was located. (needs_verification: any local ordinance barring county employees from bidding.) — california §11b

C7. Meta

• parent_state: california

• last_verified: 2026-06-02

• confidence: 0.86

• completeness_score: 0.90

• gap_score: 8

• sources:

  • {type: gov_portal, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/1041/Property-Tax-Auctions”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Property Tax Auctions: online auction via bid4assets.com, June 5–8 2026 (8 a.m. PDT Fri – 1 p.m. PDT Mon); minimum bid = amount to redeem + costs; Internet bids only; payment within 3 business days by cashier’s check/wire/EFT; documentary stamp tax $0.55/$500; all sales final, no refunds; no title/location/condition guarantee; List of parcels (PDF) + newspaper publication
  • {type: gov_portal, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/faq.aspx?TID=59”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Tax Auction FAQ: Bid4Assets host; $5,000 deposit +$35 processing fee; payment within 3 business days (cashier’s check/wire/EFT); documentary stamp tax $0.55/$500; possession after tax deed recorded; most title companies won’t insure for ≥1 year after deed recorded; redemption ends 5 p.m. last business day before sale; no extended redemption in CA; lienholders + former owner may claim excess proceeds; defaulting bidder barred from future Butte tax sales
  • {type: gov_portal, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/830/Treasurer---Tax-Collector”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Troy Kidd, Treasurer–Tax Collector; 25 County Center Dr., Oroville CA 95965; Property Tax Division 530-552-3720; Pay Property Taxes Online → common2.mptsweb.com/mbc/butte/tax/search
  • {type: gov_pdf, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/DocumentCenter/View/4078/Tax-Auction---Excess-Proceeds-Claim-Form-PDF”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Claim for Excess Proceeds form: party-of-interest categories (lienholder/owner/heir/assignee); RTC § 4675 priority recited; mail to Butte County Treasurer-Tax Collector, Attn: Julie Emerson, 25 County Center Dr., Suite 125, Oroville CA 95969; phone 530-552-3720; taxes@buttecounty.net; fax 530.538.6551; example deed recorded 7/12/2018 → final claim date Fri 7/12/2019; claims processed after 1 year; no lost-document affidavits; supporting docs not accepted after final date; in-house forms must match county form content
  • {type: gov_pdf, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/DocumentCenter/View/13738/NOTICE-OF-RIGHT-TO-CLAIM-EXCESS-PROCEEDS72024”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Notice of Right to Claim Excess Proceeds (RTC § 4676) for June 7–10, 2024 sale; final claim date Thursday July 9, 2025; APN/address/parties-of-interest roster; forms at Butte County Tax Collector’s Office, 25 County Center Dr Suite 125, Oroville, (530) 552-3720, www.buttecounty.net/ttc; certified by Troy Kidd, Tax Collector, executed Oroville 7/22/2024; published Chico Enterprise-Record + Oroville Mercury Register Aug 10/17/24 2024
  • {type: gov_pdf, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/DocumentCenter/View/15741/Ntc-of-IMPTS-2025”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Notice of Impending Power to Sell Tax-Defaulted Property 2025 (RTC § 3691 power-to-sell process)
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  • {type: court, url: “https://www.butte.courts.ca.gov/general-information/locations-contact-info”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Superior Court of California, County of Butte, Butte County Courthouse, One Court Street, Oroville CA 95965; main (530) 532-7002; Civil (530) 532-7009 (quiet-title/unlawful-detainer venue; NOT the surplus-claim venue)
  • {type: gov_portal, url: “https://www.buttevotes.ca.gov/27/Clerk-Recorder”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Butte County Clerk-Recorder (Hall of Records), 155 Nelson Ave., Oroville CA 95965; (530) 552-3400; recording hours Mon–Fri 8:30 a.m.–4 p.m.; Official Record Look-Up tool
  • {type: gov_portal, url: “https://www.buttecounty.net/240/Parcel-Search-Assessed-Value-Lookup”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Parcel Search via ParcelQuest (assr.parcelquest.com/but.aspx), APN/address; data from Butte County Assessor
  • {type: gis, url: “http://gis.buttecounty.net/Public/Index.html?viewer=GISSearch”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Butte County GIS public viewer; Butte County Parcel Map ArcGIS Experience (experience.arcgis.com/experience/5e8ca3d811bc454192fd2a7e1f938103)
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  • {type: title_insurer, url: “https://www.oldrepublictitle.com/california/butte/”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Old Republic Title (formerly Bidwell Title & Escrow, rebranded Jan 2024), Butte County
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  • {type: statute, url: “https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=RTC&sectionNum=4675.”, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — RTC § 4675 excess-proceeds waterfall / party-of-interest definition (applies county-wide; see california)

• needs_verification:

  • Direct online Clerk-Recorder Official Record Look-Up search endpoint URL (office, phone, and recording hours confirmed; live search URL not captured at a retrieved page).
  • Form-of-payment rules for redemption in the final weeks before a Butte sale (certified-funds-only timing, if any) — not located on a retrieved Butte page; statewide redemption penalties/fees confirmed.
  • Quiet-title and unlawful-detainer cost/timeline specific to Butte (statewide secondary estimates only; current Butte Superior Court civil filing fee not primary-sourced — see butte.courts.ca.gov fee schedule).
  • Insurer-specific tax-deed/quiet-title underwriting criteria for Old Republic / Fidelity National / First American–Mid Valley in Chico/Oroville.
  • Whether any Butte municipality (Chico, Oroville, Gridley, Biggs, Town of Paradise) has adopted a local tax-sale ROFR ordinance or city-level land bank beyond the state Chapter 8 framework.
  • Whether any local ordinance bars Butte County employees from bidding (no Butte-specific insider bar located; general Gov. Code conflict rules apply).
  • Live Bid4Assets Butte storefront terms (deposit deadline, registration cutoff) for the June 2026 sale — Bid4Assets is Cloudflare-protected to direct fetch; deposit/fee figures drawn from county FAQ and the 2021 PR Newswire release.
  • The claim-form mailing block shows ZIP 95969 while the office header shows 95965; both appear on the county form (Suite 125, Oroville) — confirm current ZIP with the office.

• cross_links: california, right-of-redemption, surplus-funds, treasurer-sale, tyler-v-hennepin-county, third-party-recovery-rules, due-process-notice, federal-tax-lien-redemption, heirs-property

• changelog:

  • 2026-06-02 — Initial population (autoresearch, county wave). All modules C0–C10 populated. Key local facts: tax-deed sales via Bid4Assets (bid4assets.com/butte), roughly annual June cadence (next sale June 5–8, 2026), $5,000 +$35 deposit, full payment within 3 business days by cashier’s check/wire/EFT, documentary stamp tax $0.55/$500, all sales final; Treasurer–Tax Collector Troy Kidd at 25 County Center Dr., Suite 125, Oroville (530) 552-3720 / taxes@buttecounty.net; excess-proceeds claims filed with the Tax Collector (mail Attn: Julie Emerson, Suite 125, Oroville) on the county’s “Claim for Excess Proceeds” form (notarized), one-year deadline (“received,” no exceptions), Board of Supervisors consideration after one year, assignment permitted; Clerk-Recorder (155 Nelson Ave., Hall of Records, (530) 552-3400); parcel search via ParcelQuest (assr.parcelquest.com/but.aspx); quiet title at Butte Superior Court (One Court Street, Oroville); title insurers Old Republic (ex-Bidwell) / Fidelity National / First American–Mid Valley; no dedicated land bank (RTC Chapter 8 framework only). Items flagged needs_verification: recorder search endpoint, late-redemption payment-form rules, local quiet-title cost/timeline, insurer criteria, municipal ROFR/land bank, employee-bidding bar, live Bid4Assets terms, claim-form ZIP discrepancy.

Legal information, not legal advice. This page summarizes public records and procedural information about Butte County, California’s tax-sale and surplus process as of the last_verified date. Laws, procedures, dates, platforms, and contacts change; verify against official county sources and the parent framework at california, and consult a licensed California attorney before acting.