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Treasury Regulations · 26 CFR

§ 301.6338-1. Certificate of sale; deed of real property.

In effect eCFR current as of October 15, 2026

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Regulation under 26 U.S.C. § 6338

Cite as 26 CFR § 301.6338-1

At a glance

Read from the text and its source citation. Not part of the regulation.

Status
In the current eCFR
Issued
November 3, 1967 by 32 FR 15241
Last amended
April 13, 1972 by T.D. 7180
Issued under
26 U.S.C. § 6338
Length
237 words · about 1 min to read
Cross-references
cites 2 Code sections and 0 regulations; cited by 0
(a) Certificate of sale. In the case of property sold as provided in section 6335 (relating to sale of seized property), the district director shall give to the purchaser a certificate of sale upon payment in full of the purchase price. A certificate of sale of real property shall set forth the real property purchased, for whose taxes the same was sold, the name of the purchaser, and the price paid therefor.
(b) Deed to real property. In the case of any real property sold as provided in section 6335 and not redeemed in the manner and within the time prescribed in section 6337, the district director shall execute (in accordance with the laws of the State in which the real property is situated pertaining to sales of real property under execution) to the purchaser of such real property at the sale or his assigns, upon surrender of the certificate of sale, a deed of the real property so purchased, reciting the facts set forth in the certificate.
(c) Deed to real property purchased by the United States. If real property is declared purchased by the United States at a sale pursuant to section 6335, the district director shall at the proper time execute a deed therefor and shall, without delay, cause the deed to be duly recorded in the proper registry of deeds.

[32 FR 15241, Nov. 3, 1967, as amended by T.D. 7180, 37 FR 7319, Apr. 13, 1972]

Cross-references

Computed from the citations in the text of 26 CFR.

Code sections it cites

Amendment history

From the source citation at the end of the section, newest first. T.D. is a Treasury decision; FR is the Federal Register.

  1. Amended by T.D. 7180 (37 FR 7319)
  2. Issued (32 FR 15241)

Where it sits in 26 CFR

  1. Subchapter F Procedure and administration
  2. Part 301 Procedure and administration
  3. Subpart ECFR7d22b80601049d0 Seizure of Property for Collection of Taxes

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