(a) If the property owner who has not elected to pay in installments fails to pay his assessment within 30 days or, having elected to pay in installments, fails to pay the first installment within 30 days from the date of the assessment or makes default in the payment of any annual or quarterly installment or the interest thereon, the whole of such assessment shall immediately become due and payable, and the officer designated by the council to collect such assessment 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 advertising the day of such sale and the purpose for which the same is made, together with a description of the property to be sold.
(b) Any property owner, notwithstanding his default, may pay the assessment with interest and all costs if tendered before the sale of the property.
(c) The cost of such notice and sale shall constitute a charge against the property to be sold and shall be retained out of the proceeds of the sale.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 11 - Counties and Municipal Corporations.
Title 2 - Provisions Applicable to Municipal Corporations Only.
Chapter 50 - Public Utilities.
Article 3 - Acquisition, Operation, etc., of Sewers or Sewer Systems by Municipalities Generally.
Division 2 - Purchase of Sanitary Sewers or Sewer Systems and Assessments Therefor.
Section 11-50-70 - "Council" Defined.
Section 11-50-71 - Authorized.
Section 11-50-73 - Filing of Maps, Profiles, etc., in Office of Engineer for Public Inspection.
Section 11-50-76 - Publication of Ordinance or Resolution.
Section 11-50-78 - Payment of Portion of Costs of Purchase by Council; Costs of Purchase Specified.
Section 11-50-79 - Assessment of Cost of Sewers or Sewer System Against Abutting Lands Authorized.
Section 11-50-82 - Effect and Correction of Defects or Errors in Notice.
Section 11-50-83 - Filing of Written Objections, etc., to Proposed Assessments by Property Owners.
Section 11-50-84 - Hearing Upon Objections, etc., to Assessments.
Section 11-50-85 - Fixing of Amount of Assessments by Council and Effect Thereof.
Section 11-50-86 - Assignment and Transfer of Assessment Liens.
Section 11-50-87 - Enforcement of Assessment Liens in Circuit Court.
Section 11-50-88 - Effect of Enforcement of Tax Liens Upon Property Upon Assessment Liens.
Section 11-50-90 - Appeals From Assessments.
Section 11-50-91 - Payment of Assessments Generally.
Section 11-50-95 - Redemption of Property After Sale.
Section 11-50-96 - Issuance of Bonds to Pay for Sewers or Sewer System Authorized Generally.
Section 11-50-97 - Making of Loans and Issuance of Bonds to Pay for Sewers or Sewer System.
Section 11-50-98 - Form, Terms, Denominations, etc., of Bonds; Execution, Sale, etc., Thereof.
Section 11-50-99 - Disposition of Proceeds From Sale of Bonds.
Section 11-50-100 - Payment and Redemption of Bonds Generally.
Section 11-50-103 - Maintenance of Account and Disbursement of Proceeds From Assessments Generally.
Section 11-50-104 - Deposit of Assessment Proceeds in Bank; Manner of Withdrawal Thereof.
Section 11-50-105 - Use of Proceeds to Redeem Bonds and Coupons; Disposition of Excess.
Section 11-50-106 - Refunding of Excess Assessments - Authority and Procedure Generally.