Procedure for issuance of deeds when property sold for delinquent taxes: Conditions.
1. Whenever real property has been sold to pay for delinquent taxes, and no deed to such property appears of record, whether the purchaser shall have been an individual or the county treasurer as trustee for the state and county, upon application to the board of county commissioners the board may make its order addressed to the proper county officer requiring such officer to make his deed for such property to the purchaser.
2. The applicant for such deed shall address his application to the board of county commissioners in writing, and shall state with particularity the need for the deed applied for. The deed, when issued, shall be in the name of the original purchaser, and shall state the circumstances of its issuance, and shall be recorded at the expense of the applicant.
3. The deed when recorded shall have the same effect as it would have if issued and recorded at the time the property described therein was sold to pay delinquent taxes.
Last modified: February 27, 2006