You can look up "Legal Notices" in your state statutes, states vary.Tenants usually don't claim notice was not given, but they could, posting on a door, I'd take a picture of it, time date stamped or have a witness of you posting it. :)

If you google your state lien law statutes, there's usually a statutory release form contained in the statutes, even though variations are sufficient as long as they contain all the proper language.

For instance, in Florida, we must have either an Attorney prepared Lease of the FARBAR Lease (Florida Association of Realtors lease) Love the lease agreement, he covers anything that has changed in the statutes on a continual basis.

Ann,That's what I thought..but doesn't the non recourse statute in Ca only apply to primary residences.

From reading this article I see it was originally 12% established by statute in 1918.  

The court specifically lists reasons for disregarding privilege:When the fiction is used as a means of perpetrating fraud;Where a corporation is organized and operated as a mere tool or business conduit of another corporation; Where the corporate fiction is resorted to as a means of evading an existing legal obligation; Where the corporate fiction is employed to achieve or perpetuate monopoly; Where the corporate fiction is used to circumvent a statute; and Where the corporate fiction is relied upon as a protection of crime or to justify wrong.2.

Complete vacation of the entire Rental Unit by you and all occupants on or before the date specified in the required written notice per this Lease or New York Statutes;2.

If so what is the "statute of limitations" time period by which you must exercise your rights once the redemption period ends and payoff is not made?

@David Spengler Your best bet is to look up the actual applicable city, county, and state statutes.

Both occupancy and time period have been covered in court decisions.The state statute that the tax sales are to follow is at link below:http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/LI/US/PDF/192...That statute establishes redemption rights only under specific circumstances; see Section 32 on page 26 of that PDF file.