§ 16657 Redemption Money Distribution

• •If your land is sold because you didn't pay taxes, and you later pay to get it back, the money goes to the right places.
• •The county splits the money you paid to get your land back. They give some to the local area (like your school or fire district) based on how much tax they were supposed to get.
• •This only happens in places that use the county to collect their taxes.

You own a house, but you forget to pay your taxes for a few years. The county sells your house to get the tax money. Later, you save up and pay $10,000 to get your house back.

The county doesn’t keep all the $10,000. They look at how much of your tax was supposed to go to your local school district (say $2,000) and how much was for the county (say $8,000). They give the school district their $2,000 share from the money you paid to get your house back.