Streets and Highways Code section 6517

Immediately on the sale, the purchaser shall become vested with a lien on the property sold to him, to the extent of his bid. He may only be divested of that lien by redemption.

Source: Section 6517, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=6517. (updated Jan. 1, 1941; accessed Jun. 18, 2026).

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Location: https://california.public.law/codes/streets_and_highways_code_section_6517

Original Source: Section 6517, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=SHC§ionNum=6517. (last accessed May 12, 2025).