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R EAL P ROPERTY T AXES §19-40
<br />(6) A warning to the persons assessed, and all persons having or claiming to have
<br />any mortgage or other lien thereon on that property or any legal or equitable
<br />right, title, or other interest in the property, that unless the tax, together with
<br />all interest, penalties, costs, expenses, and charges accrued to the date of
<br />payment, is paid before the appointed time of sale, the property advertised for
<br />sale will be sold as advertised.
<br />(b) The procedure for noticing a tax foreclosure without suit and sale shall be as
<br />follows:
<br />(1) Notice shall be published at least once a week for at least four successive
<br />weeks immediately prior to the sale in any newspaper with a general
<br />circulation of at least sixty thousand published in the State and any two
<br />newspapers of general circulation published and distributed in the County;
<br />(2) If the address of the owner is known or can be ascertained by due diligence,
<br />including an abstract of title or title search, the director shall send to each
<br />owner notice of the proposed sale by registered mail, with request for return
<br />receipt. If the address of the owner is unknown, the director shall send a notice
<br />to the owner at the owner’s last known address as shown on the records of the
<br />department of finance;
<br />(3) The notice shall be deposited in the mail at least forty-five days prior to the
<br />date set for the sale; and
<br />(4) The notice shall also be posted for a like period in at least three conspicuous
<br />public places within the County and if the land is improved, one of the three
<br />postings shall be on the land.
<br />(c) The director may include in one advertisement of notice of sale the notice of
<br />foreclosure upon more than one parcel of real property, whether or not owned by
<br />the same person and whether or not the liens are for the same tax year or years.
<br />(1983 CC, c 19, art 5, sec 19-40; am 1997, ord 97-84, sec 1; am 2014, ord 14-126, sec 3.)
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<br />Section 19-41. Same; postponement of sale, etc.
<br />If at the time appointed for the sale, the director shall deem it expedient and for the
<br />interest of all persons concerned therein to postpone the sale of any property or
<br />properties for want of purchasers, or for other sufficient cause, the director may
<br />postpone it from time to time, until the sale shall be completed, giving notice of every
<br />such adjournment by a public declaration thereof at the time and place last appointed
<br />for the sale; provided, that the sale of any property may be abandoned at the time first
<br />appointed or any adjourned date, if no proper bid is received sufficient to satisfy the
<br />lien, together with all interest, penalties, costs, expenses, and charges.
<br />(1983 CC, c 19, art 5, sec 19-41; am 1997, ord 97-84, sec 1.)19-41
<br />Section 19-42. Same; tax deed; redemption.
<br />The director or the director’s subordinate shall, on payment of the purchase price,
<br />make, execute, and deliver all proper conveyances necessary in the premises and the
<br />delivery of the conveyances shall vest in the purchaser the title in fee thereto, and such
<br />title shall be free and clear of any lien, claim, or encumbrance against such property
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