The treasurer shall mail a notice of sale to the owner of any property to be sold for nonpayment of either principal or interest upon any delinquent bond. The notice shall be sent by certified mail to the owner of the property as shown on the last equalized assessment roll and to any person whose name appears as an owner on the records of the county assessor’s office which the county assessor will use to prepare the next assessor’s roll. The notice shall be substantially in the following form and the first paragraph shall be printed in at least 14-point boldface type:

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Your property located at

_____ (address)

will soon be sold by the city (or county) unless you pay what you owe for ____ improvement made in your area. To obtain information on how to prevent the sale of your property, immediately call the foreclosure clerk at the city (or county) treasurer’s office. The telephone number is ____ to arrange for payment. For more detailed information regarding this matter, read the following:

“Notice of Sale of Property Delinquent for

Nonpayment of ____ Improvement Bond

“You are hereby notified that Bond ____, Series ____, representing a lien against Parcel Number ____ (or the legal description of the property in said bond) located at ____, for an improvement in the City (or County) of ____, is delinquent. Unless the amount of the unpaid principal on the bond, together with interest, penalties, and recordation fee for filing notice of pendancy, is paid to the city (or county) treasurer on or before six months after the mailing of this notice, the date of which being this ____ day of ____, 19__, or unless the bond is reinstated as provided by Section 6631, the undersigned will proceed to advertise and sell the lot or parcel of land in the manner prescribed by law to satisfy the amount of the bond, interest, penalties, and costs.”

(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1443, Sec. 2. Effective September 27, 1982. Operative January 1, 1983, by Sec. 8 of Ch. 1443.)