Instead of issuing a deed of sale immediately after the sale as is required in other cases of sales of an interest in real property, when the purchaser of an interest in real property sold subject to the right of redemption pays the amount due, the levying officer shall execute and deliver a certificate of sale to the purchaser and record a duplicate of the certificate of sale in the office of the county recorder. (CCP 729.040(a))
The certificate of sale shall also contain: