Upon the payment of the amount required by law for the redemption of the lands sold for taxes by a person entitled to redeem, the judge of probate, or official who performs the same function, shall issue that person a certificate of redemption describing the lands, setting forth the facts of the sale substantially as contained in the certificate of purchase, the date of redemption, the amount paid, by whom the lands were redeemed, and make the proper entries in the book of sales in his or her office and immediately give notice of the redemption to the county treasurer or custodian of the county funds. The judge of probate, or official who performs the same functions, shall sign the certificate. Unless signed, no certificate shall be held as evidence of redemption, and it shall be the duty of the judge of probate, or official who performs the same functions, to keep a book of certificates of redemption, and every blank shall have a stub attached thereto, on which shall be printed the matter as the Land Commissioner may prescribe, with appropriate blank spaces to be filled by the judge of probate, or official who performs the same functions, upon the issuance of any certificates of redemption. The Land Commissioner shall take and file in his or her office a proper receipt from the judge of probate, or official who performs the same functions, for the certificates of redemption furnished him or her. If the lands were bid in by the state, the person redeeming shall present to the Land Commissioner the certificates of redemption, and the Land Commissioner shall give to the person a certificate releasing all claims to the land acquired by the state at the tax sale.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Article 5 - Redemption of Land Sold for Taxes.
Section 40-10-120 - When and by Whom Land May Be Redeemed.
Section 40-10-121 - (Effective January 1, 2020) Manner of Redemption of Land Sold to State.
Section 40-10-123 - Redeeming Lots and Parcels Without Redeeming Entire Property - When Authorized.
Section 40-10-125 - Redeeming Lots and Parcels Without Redeeming Entire Property - How Redeemed.
Section 40-10-127 - Issuance of Certificates of Redemption.
Section 40-10-128 - Deposit of Redemption Money - Generally.
Section 40-10-129 - Deposit of Redemption Money - Lands Bid in by State.
Section 40-10-130 - Duty of Judge of Probate on Redemption of Land Bid in by State.
Section 40-10-131 - Rents, Issues, and Profits of Redeemed Land.
Section 40-10-132 - List and Sale of Lands Bid in by State.
Section 40-10-133 - Notice to Former Owner of Application to Purchase Land Bid in by State.
Section 40-10-134 - Manner of Sale of Land Bid in by State.
Section 40-10-135 - Deed of State on Sale of Land Bid in by State.
Section 40-10-136 - Certification When Land Bid in by State Sold.
Section 40-10-140 - Certification of Sale of Lands Bid in for State.
Section 40-10-141 - Lien and Sale of Property for Unpaid Installments of Taxes - Procedure.
Section 40-10-143 - Lien of Persons Other Than Holders of Legal Title for Expenses of Redemption.