California Revenue & Taxation Code
Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 4103
(a)Redemption penalties are the sum of the following:
(1)Beginning July 1st of the year of the declaration of tax default, on the declared amount of defaulted taxes at the rate of 1
(2)Beginning July 1st of each subsequent year, on the unpaid taxes for which the property would have been declared in default if there had not been a previous declaration, 1
(b)For purposes of an administrative hearing or any claim in a bankruptcy proceeding pertaining to the property being redeemed, the assessment of penalties determined pursuant to subdivision (a) with respect to the redemption of that property constitutes the assessment of interest.
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