Section 11-50-93 Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of property owner to pay assessment, installment, or interest - Execution, etc., of deed to purchaser at sale; disposition of surplus from sa - Alabama Statutes

Section 11-50-93

Proceedings for sale of land upon failure of property owner to pay assessment, installment, or interest - Execution, etc., of deed to purchaser at sale; disposition of surplus from sale; purchase of property by municipality.

The officer making such sale shall execute a deed to the purchaser, which shall convey all the right, title, and interest which the party against whose property the assessment was made had or held in said property at the date of making such assessment or on the date of making such sale. Any surplus arising from such sale shall be paid into the city or town treasury, to be kept as a separate fund by the treasurer for the owner upon the responsibility of his official bond. The council may, by its agent, purchase real estate sold as provided under this division, and, in the event of such purchase, the deed for the same shall be made to the city or town.

(Acts 1923, No. 165, p. 134; Code 1923, §2106; Code 1940, T. 37, §631.)