REFERENCE TITLE: technical correction; delinquent property; sale

State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015

HB 2149

Introduced by Representative Barton

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 48-528, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to municipal public ways.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 48-528, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE48-528.  Sale of delinquent property; purchase by municipality

A.  On the day fixed for the sale, the street superintendent shall, at 10 o'clock 10:00 a.m., or at any time to which the sale may be adjourned or continued by him, shall commence the sale of the property advertised, beginning at the head of the list, and continuing in numerical order of lots or parcels of land until all are sold.  Each lot, piece or parcel of land separately assessed shall be offered for sale separately, and the person who will take the least quantity of land, and then pay the amount of the assessment, penalty and costs due shall become the purchaser.

B.  If there is no purchaser for any lot, piece or parcel of land offered for sale, it shall be struck off to the municipality, as purchaser, and the city or town council shall appropriate from the general fund of the treasury the amount required for the purchase, and shall order the treasurer to place the amount in the special fund for such improvement. END_STATUTE