A. The street superintendent shall, within ten days from the date of the delinquency, publish in a newspaper not less than three times a list of the delinquent assessments, which shall contain a description of each parcel of property delinquent, and opposite or against each description the name of the owner as stated in the assessment roll, and the amount of the assessment, penalty and costs due, including the cost of advertising. The cost of advertising shall not exceed fifty cents for each lot of land separately assessed.

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Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-526

  • assessment roll: means a special assessment made under the provisions of this article. See Arizona Laws 48-571
  • Delinquency: means delinquency in the payment of an assessment made under the provisions of this article. See Arizona Laws 48-571
  • including: means not limited to and is not a term of exclusion. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Lot: includes any portion, piece, parcel or subdivision of land, and includes property owned or controlled by any person as a railroad right-of-way. See Arizona Laws 48-571
  • Owner: means the person in whom, on the day the action or proceeding is commenced, appears the legal title to the lot by deed recorded in the recorder's office, or the person in possession of the lot under claim of title, or exercising acts of ownership over the lot for the person, or as the personal representative of the owner. See Arizona Laws 48-571
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Arizona Laws 1-215
  • Street: includes avenues, alleys, highways, lanes, crossings, intersections, courts, places and grounds now open or dedicated or hereafter opened or dedicated to public use, and public ways. See Arizona Laws 48-571
  • Street superintendent: includes any officer or board who, by law, has charge of streets or the improvement thereof in a city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-501
  • superintendent: includes any person who, under whatever official name, is charged with the care or supervision of the streets of the city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-571

B. The street superintendent shall append to and publish with the delinquent list a notice that unless each assessment delinquent, together with the penalty and costs thereon, is paid, the property upon which the assessment is a lien will be sold at public auction at a time and place to be specified in the notice. The time of sale shall be not less than five nor more than ten days after the expiration of the period of publication of the list, and the place of sale shall be in, or in front of, the office of the street superintendent.