Provided the legislative body permits bonds or debt to be tendered for special taxes and the penalties and interest thereon pursuant to Section 53344.1, if the highest bid for a lot or parcel sold pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and order of sale exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000) and the highest bidder elects to treat the sale as a credit transaction pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 701.590 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the balance due as provided in that section may be paid in full or in part by tender of bonds or debt, provided, however, that bonds or debt may not be tendered for costs of foreclosure, including attorney’s fees, and administrative charges incurred by the local agency with respect to removing the special taxes from the rolls of the treasurer or tax collector, or other administrative charges.

(a) Tender of bonds or debt shall be made to the local agency within seven days of the date of the sale. The local agency shall be charged with authenticating the tender and shall, within 10 days of the date of the sale, submit a written receipt to the levying officer who conducted the sale for the amount of the bond or debt tender accepted by it.

(b) Tender of cash or certified check or cashier’s check shall be made to the levying officer within 10 days of the date of the sale.

(c) The levying officer shall total the cash, certified checks and cashier’s checks, and any agency written receipts for bonds or debt to determine if the amount of the bid, plus accruing costs and interests, has been paid. In no event shall the tendering party be entitled to receive cash or other compensation in return for all or any part of the value of a tendered bond or bonds, except for recognition of their value in satisfying the amount bid.

(d) The tendering party shall comply with the provisions of Section 53344.1, as applicable as if they were fully set out in this section.

(Added by Stats. 1997, Ch. 946, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1998.)