Upon the payment of any tax, if directed by the board of county commissioners, the county treasurer shall give to the county auditor a receipt therefor showing the name and post-office address of the person who paid the tax, the amount and date of payment, the land, lot, or other property upon which the tax is levied, according to the description on the tax list, or in some other sufficient manner, and the year or years for which the tax was levied. If for current taxes     on real estate, the receipt must have written or stamped across its face “taxes for” (giving the year in figures) or “first installment taxes” (giving the year in figures) or “second installment taxes” (giving the year in figures), as the case may be. Each year’s tax must be on a separate receipt. If the county treasurer has given notice of tax lien for land and the tax lien has not been foreclosed, the receipt for such taxes must have written or stamped across the face “tax lien”, with a statement of the years for which any of the real estate described therein is subject to a tax lien. If directed by the board of county commissioners, the treasurer shall provide receipts at the end of each day to the county auditor, who shall file and preserve them in the auditor’s office charging the treasurer with the amount thereof. A copy of each receipt must be preserved in the office of the county treasurer and filed in numerical order.

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Terms Used In North Dakota Code 57-20-08

  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37
  • year: means twelve consecutive months. See North Dakota Code 1-01-33