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IMPORTANT INFORMATION Do not send currency by mail. Examine this tax bill carefully and be sure same is for your property before paying. Tax Collector not responsible for errors. In accepting checks or drafts, etc., the Tax Collector acts only as taxpayers' collecting agent and assumes no responsibility for the loss of any such items or the proceeds thereof in transit or for losses resulting from the failure of any bank used as a collec- tion agency. Per'~nal checks drawn on banks outside of Alameda County and City of San Francisco will not be accepted for tax payments. Such re~i~ittances should be made by bank. drafts, cashier oe certi- fied checks, Railway express or post office money orde~rI j. Twomey All checks, drafts, etc., must be made payable to~ ?~a~:£ax Collector of County, and will be accepted only if payable at par. If a check or draft was given in payment of a tax bill the ceipt given shall be void and of no effect should said check or draft be not paid on presentation. All remittances at risk of sender and must be in the Tax Collec- tot's or'ce before 5 o'clock P.M. on December 5th and 5 o'clock P.M. on April 20th, to ~void delinquent penalties. Postage stamps will not be accepted in payment of taxes. Property cannot be located on the assessment roll by house numbers or names of streets. Taxpayers should g~ve a full legal description of the same as it appears ~n the Deed, Certificate of Title Or previous county tax hill, preferably the latter. If you find "SOLD TO STATE" stamped on your tax bill it is an indication of delinquent taxes for a previous year. To ascer- tain the amount /~ecessary to redeem write directly to County Auditor, Court House, Oakland, California. Delinquents must pay additional penalties on redemption as folloW.s: Beginning luly 1, of the year of sale to the State, on the amount of unpaid taxes for that year, one per cent per month for the first year, then one.half per cent a.month to the time of redemption. Beginning July 1, of each subsequent year, on the amount of unpaid taxes for that year. one per cent a month for the first year thereafter, then -half per cent a month to the time of redemption. Taxes are levied on both real and personal property, as it exists at 12 o'clock noon, on the first Monday in March. Subsequent removal or change of ow~'ership does not relieve the real estate of the personal property tax lien, and the Tax Col- lector cannot ct'edit payments for real propert5, taxes unless the personal property tax has been paid. Veterans~ Exemption ~equires annual filing with the County Assessor, between the first Monday in March and the last Mon- day in June. The Tax Collector cannot chanRe assessments. If any assess- ment is incorrect, the matter should be taken up with the County EARL J. TWO~IIg¥ Tax Collector of Alameda Coun~