§11A-3-21 Notice to redeem. - West Virginia Statutes

§11A-3-21. Notice to redeem.
Whenever the provisions of section nineteen of this article have been complied with, the clerk of the county commission shall prepare a notice in form or effect as follows:

To ___________________________________.

You will take notice that _______________, the purchaser (or _____________, the assignee, heir or devisee of _______________, the purchaser) of the tax lien(s) on the following real estate, __________________, (here describe the real estate for which the tax lien(s) thereon were sold) located in ___________________, (here name the city, town or village in which the real estate is situated or, if not within a city, town or village, give the district and a general description) which was returned delinquent in the name of ________________, and for which the tax lien(s) thereon was sold by the sheriff of ____________________ County at the sale for delinquent taxes made on the _______________ day of _____________, 19____, has requested that you be notified that a deed for such real estate will be made to him on or after the first day of April, 19____, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount you will have to pay to redeem on the last day, March thirty-first, will be as follows:

Amount equal to the taxes, interest, and charges due on the date of sale, with interest to March 31, 19____ ........$__________

Amount of subsequent years taxes paid on the property, since the sale, with interest to March 31, 19____ ........ $___________

Amount paid for title examination and preparation of list of those to be served, and for preparation and service of the notice with interest from January 1, 19 (insert year) following the sheriff's sale to March 31, 19____ ........ $__________

Amount paid for other statutory costs (describe) _____________________ ........ $___________

Total ................. $_____________

You may redeem at any time before March thirty-first, nineteen hundred _______________, by paying the above total less any unearned interest.

Given under my hand this ______ day of _______________,19____.

_________________________________________Clerk of the County Commission

of ___________________ County, State of West Virginia

The clerk for his or her service in preparing the notice shall receive a fee of five dollars for the original and one dollar for each copy required. Any additional costs which must be expended for publication, or service of the notice in the manner provided for serving process commencing a civil action, or for service of process by certified mail, shall be charged by the clerk. All costs provided by this section shall be included as redemption costs and included in the notice described in this section.