If the property owner who has not elected to pay installments fails to pay his assessments within 30 days or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment in 30 days from the date of the assessment or makes default in the payment of any annual installment or the interest thereon, the whole of such assessment shall immediately become due and payable, and the officer designated by the municipality to collect such assessments shall proceed to sell the property against which the assessment is made to the highest bidder for cash, but he shall first give notice by publication once a week for three consecutive weeks in some newspaper published in the city or town or of general circulation therein of the date and time of such sale and the purpose for which the same is made, together with a description of the property to be sold. If said officer shall fail to advertise and sell any property on which said payments or installments are past due, any taxpayer of the issuing municipality or any holder of bonds of the series affected by said failure, whether of bonds heretofore issued or to be hereafter issued, shall have the right to apply for a writ of mandamus requiring said official to take such action to any court of competent jurisdiction, and said court shall, on proof, issue and enforce such writ.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 48 - Public Improvements and Assessments Generally.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 11-48-1 - Short Title.
Section 11-48-2 - Definitions.
Section 11-48-3 - Applicability of Provisions of Article.
Section 11-48-4 - General Powers of Municipalities as to Public Improvements.
Section 11-48-9 - Costs of Proposed Improvements Specified; Payment of Portion Thereof by Council.
Section 11-48-10 - When Council to Establish Grade of Street, Alley, Sidewalk, etc., to Be Improved.
Section 11-48-11 - Notice, Advertisement and Letting of Contract for Improvements.
Section 11-48-12 - City or Town Engineer, etc., to Supervise Work, Appointment of Engineer, Etc.
Section 11-48-13 - Council to Accept or Reject Work, etc., for Municipality.
Section 11-48-16.1 - Assessment of Charge Against Landowner Seeking to Connect to Sewer.
Section 11-48-18 - Manner of Assessment of Costs of Improvements Generally - Sidewalk Improvements.
Section 11-48-19 - Assessment of Costs of Improvements Against Railroads.
Section 11-48-20 - Preparation, etc., of List of Property Owners to Be Assessed for Improvement.
Section 11-48-21 - Entry of List in Assessment Book for Local Improvements.
Section 11-48-23 - Notice of Hearing Upon Objections, etc., to Assessments.
Section 11-48-24 - Contents of Notice as to Assessments for Improvements.
Section 11-48-25 - Effect and Correction of Defects or Errors in Notice.
Section 11-48-26 - Filing of Written Objections, etc., to Assessments by Property Owners.
Section 11-48-27 - Hearing Upon Objections to Assessments - Conduct Generally.
Section 11-48-32 - Assignment and Transfer of Assessment Liens.
Section 11-48-33 - Enforcement of Assessment Liens in Circuit Court.
Section 11-48-36 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Authorized.
Section 11-48-37 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Bond.
Section 11-48-38 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Entry on Trial Docket.
Section 11-48-39 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Transcript for Appeal - Contents.
Section 11-48-40 - Appeals to Circuit Court From Assessments - Authorized - Prima Facie Evidence.
Section 11-48-43 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Property Owner - Authorized; Bonds.
Section 11-48-44 - Appeals From Judgment of Circuit Court - by Property Owner - Conduct Generally.
Section 11-48-48 - Payment of Assessments Generally.
Section 11-48-48.1 - Payment of Assessments in Class 2 Municipalities.
Section 11-48-54 - Redemption of Property After Sale Generally.
Section 11-48-55 - Extension of Redemption Period.
Section 11-48-58 - Redemption of Property During Extended Redemption Period.
Section 11-48-60 - Applicability of Provisions of Sections 11-48-54 Through 11-48-58.
Section 11-48-62 - Issuance of Bonds After Completion of Work.
Section 11-48-63 - Applicability of Provisions of Law as to Issuance of Municipal Bonds Generally.
Section 11-48-64 - Acquisition of Lands, Easements, etc., for Public Improvements.