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Board of Supervisors denies petition to rescind tax sale after contested hearing
Summary
After a full hearing, the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors denied Quick Stop Markets’ petition to rescind a tax‑sale deed for 2285 E. Fremont, finding county staff had taken reasonable steps to notify owners; the petitioners’ attorney argued certified notices were misaddressed for years and strict notice requirements were not met.
Wally Smith, an attorney for Quick Stop Markets, told the Board of Supervisors that his client missed a single unsecured tax payment in 2018 but thereafter paid subsequent bills and had not received the certified notices that trigger a tax‑sale process. He said the tax collector repeatedly mailed certified notices to an incorrect address (a nonexistent “302 East 3rd Street” in Cincinnati) and that the county failed to use basic, reasonable efforts—such as checking its own unsecured roll or corporate filings—to locate the owner before proceeding to sale. “They discovered the wrong address in…
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