Arizona Laws 48-529. Certificate of sale; vesting and divesting of assessment lien; entry of sale on assessment roll
A. After the sale, the street superintendent shall execute, in duplicate, a certificate of sale setting forth:
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 48-529
- assessment roll: means a special assessment made under the provisions of this article. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Clerk: includes any person or official who performs the duties of clerk of the city or town. See Arizona Laws 48-571
- Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
- Improvement: includes all the improvements mentioned in this article, and the term or terms "street opening or widening" and "opening or widening" include all improvements mentioned in this article. See Arizona Laws 48-501
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
- 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
1. A description of the property sold.
2. The name of the owner as given on the assessment roll.
3. That the property was sold for a delinquent assessment, specifying the improvement for which the assessment was made.
4. The amount for which the property was sold.
5. The date of sale.
6. The name of the purchaser.
7. The time when the purchaser will be entitled to a deed.
B. The street superintendent shall file one copy of the certificate in his office, and deliver the other to the purchaser, or if the municipality is the purchaser, to the clerk, who shall file the certificate in his office.
C. Upon filing the copy of the certificate in the office of the street superintendent, the lien of the assessments shall vest in the purchaser, and is divested only by redemption of the property, as provided in this article.
D. The street superintendent shall also enter on the assessment roll, opposite the description of each piece of property offered for sale, a description of the part thereof sold, the amount for which it was sold, the date of the sale and the name of the purchaser.