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Lassen County
Lassen County
Lassen County is a remote northeastern California county anchored by Susanville. Historically driven by state and federal corrections facilities (CCC and HDSP), ranching, and small-town residential. The closure of CCC has reshaped the local economy. Real estate is mostly rural and small-city residential; volume is low but parcels are inexpensive.
Property in Lassen
What every owner, heir, and investor should know.
Owning a home in Lassen.
Lassen homeowners get California's standard framework with a remote, high-desert overlay.
- Property taxes are paid in two installments due November 1 and February 1; delinquencies run after December 10 and April 10.
- Proposition 13 caps annual assessed-value growth at 2% absent a change of ownership or new construction.
- The Homeowners' Exemption reduces assessed value by $7,000 for an owner-occupied principal residence; file with the Lassen County Assessor.
- Wildfire risk is significant; FAIR Plan use is common.
- Power to Sell triggers after five years of delinquency.
- Excess proceeds claims must be filed under R&TC §4675 within one year of the tax deed recording.
Investing in Lassen.
Lassen offers a thin but accessible market in tax-defaulted sales and trustee sales.
- Tax-defaulted auctions are conducted by the Lassen County Tax Collector, typically online via Bid4Assets when scheduled.
- The Lassen County Recorder is the source for deeds, deeds of trust, liens, and reconveyances.
- The Lassen County Assessor handles parcel data and assessed values.
- Diligence focus: federal land adjacency (BLM, USFS), water and grazing access, road access, and remote infrastructure.
After a Lassen foreclosure or tax deed sale.
In Lassen, distressed property resolves through California's nonjudicial trustee sale process or the county tax-defaulted property sale program.
- Tax-defaulted property sales are run by the Lassen County Tax Collector under R&TC Part 6.
- Owners may redeem before the sale by paying all defaulted taxes, penalties, fees, and costs.
- Excess proceeds claims must be filed within one year of the tax deed recording.
- Trustee sale surplus is distributed under Civil Code §2924k.
- Federal tax liens, IRS liens, and certain municipal liens may survive a tax sale.
- Bankruptcy filings stay sales; check PACER and the Recorder before any auction.
Courts and records in Lassen.
- Superior Court of California, County of Lassen — Lassen Hall of Justice, 2610 Riverside Dr, Susanville, CA 96130. Civil, criminal, family, probate, juvenile, traffic, and small claims.
- Court of Appeal — Third Appellate District (Sacramento) hears Lassen appeals.
- Lassen County Clerk-Recorder — 220 S Lassen St, Susanville, CA 96130.
- Lassen County Assessor — 220 S Lassen St, Suite 7, Susanville, CA 96130.
- Lassen County Treasurer-Tax Collector — 220 S Lassen St, Suite 3, Susanville, CA 96130.