Section 8836 Of Part 14. Foreclosure By Action From California Streets And Highways Code >> Division 10. >> Part 14.
8836
. (a) In the event a lot or parcel of property fails to sell
for the minimum price required by Section 8832, the city may petition
the court to modify its judgment and authorize the property to be
sold at a lesser minimum price or without a minimum price.
(b) Written notice of hearing on the petition under subdivision
(a) shall be given by certified or registered mail to all registered
owners of any outstanding bonds secured, in whole or in part, by the
delinquent assessment or reassessment, to the original purchaser of
any of the bonds from the city, to the city treasurer, and to any
authenticating agents, transfer agents, registrars, and paying or
other agents of the city appointed with respect to any of the bonds.
If any of the outstanding bonds are payable to bearer and not
registered to other than bearer, notice of the hearing shall also be
given by publication at least once in a financial publication with
national circulation and additionally as the court shall reasonably
require. The hearing shall be held not earlier than 10 days after the
notice is given.
(c) The court may, after a hearing held pursuant to notice as
provided for by subdivision (b), modify the judgment and authorize
the property to be sold at a lesser minimum price or without a
minimum price, if the court determines, based on the evidence
introduced at the hearing, any of the following:
(1) Sale at the lesser minimum price or without a minimum price
will not result in an ultimate loss to the bondholders.
(2) Owners or holders of 75 percent or more of the outstanding
bonds, by principal amount, have consented to the petition and the
sale will not result in an ultimate loss to the nonconsenting
bondholders.
(3) Owners or holders of 75 percent or more of the outstanding
bonds, by principal amount, have consented to the petition and all of
the following apply:
(A) By reason of determination pursuant to Section 8769, the city
is not obligated to advance available funds to cure a deficiency.
(B) No bids equal to or greater than the minimum price have been
received at the foreclosure sale.
(C) No funds remain in the special reserve fund, if any.
(D) The city has reasonably determined that a reassessment and
refunding proceeding is not practicable, or has in good faith
endeavored to accomplish a reassessment and refunding and has not
been successful, or has completed reassessment and refunding
arrangements which will, to the maximum extent feasible, minimize the
ultimate loss to the bondholders.
(E) No other remedy acceptable to owners or holders of 75 percent
or more of the outstanding bonds, by principal amount, is reasonably
available.
(d) The assessment or reassessment lien upon property sold
pursuant to this section at a lesser price than the minimum price
shall be reduced by the difference between the minimum price and the
sale price.
(e) The court shall permit participation by the bondholders in its
consideration of the petition as necessary to its determinations.
(f) Neither the property owner nor the holder of a security
interest in the property, nor any other defendant in the foreclosure
action, nor any agent thereof, may purchase the property at the
foreclosure sale for less than the minimum price determined pursuant
to Section 8832. Each purchaser at less than the minimum price shall
certify in writing to the levying officer at the sale the purchaser's
compliance with the requirements of this subdivision.
(g) The court may make provisions for the payment of attorney fees
and costs incurred in proceedings pursuant to this section as the
court deems proper, and need not require that the fees and costs be
paid out of the proceeds of any sale authorized pursuant to this
section.