Sec. 16. If a person who purchases a mobile home assessed as personal property in a sale under this chapter fails to pay the bid, the county treasurer shall offer the mobile home for sale again. A purchaser who fails to pay the bid shall pay a civil penalty in an amount equal to twenty-five percent (25%) of the bid. The prosecuting attorney of the county in which the sale was conducted shall initiate an action in the name of the treasurer of state to recover the civil penalty. A civil penalty collected under this section shall be deposited in the county general fund.

As added by P.L.235-2017, SEC.9.