For the real estate bid off for the state in each case the judge of probate shall make out a certificate of purchase to the state of like import to the one provided for in Section 40-10-19 and deliver the same to the tax collector who shall, on final settlement, deliver all certificates received by him from the judge of probate to the Comptroller, who shall examine carefully all certificates of purchase of real estate where the same were bid in for the state at tax sale. When the same are received by him and if, in his opinion, such sale was erroneous for want of regularity, proper or sufficient description, error in advertising or for any other cause that may appear from such certificates, he shall so declare it and return the certificate to the judge of probate and charge the account of the officer making the error with all taxes, interests, fees, and costs involved in said sale. The Comptroller shall notify the judge of probate who issued the certificate of such cancellation, and shall also notify the tax assessor of the county in which the property is situated and direct him to assess the property as an escape for the years in which it was subject under existing laws. The Comptroller, when he has settled the accounts of the tax collector, shall deliver to the Land Commissioner all certificates of land bid in for the state which have been accepted by him, and said Land Commissioner shall cause the same to be recorded in a book kept in his office for that purpose and properly indexed for convenient reference. Lands bid in for the state shall not thereafter be assessed except as herein provided until the same have been redeemed or sold by the state.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 40 - Revenue and Taxation.
Article 1 - General Provisions.
Section 40-10-1 - When Probate Court May Order Sale.
Section 40-10-2 - Book of Lands Upon Which Taxes Have Not Been Paid - Contents; Form of Entries.
Section 40-10-3 - Book of Lands Upon Which Taxes Have Not Been Paid - Preparation.
Section 40-10-4 - Notice to Taxpayer - Service Generally.
Section 40-10-5 - Notice to Taxpayer - When Assessment Is "Owner unknown."
Section 40-10-6 - Notice to Taxpayer - Manner of Publication.
Section 40-10-7 - Partial Payment of Taxes Prior to Sale of Property.
Section 40-10-8 - Trial of Cases; Issuance of Decree; Continuance.
Section 40-10-10 - When Deputy May Attend in Lieu of Collector.
Section 40-10-11 - Decree of Sale.
Section 40-10-12 - Notice of Sale.
Section 40-10-13 - Confirmation of Sale.
Section 40-10-14 - Description of Property in Notices and Entries.
Section 40-10-15 - How Sale Made; Duties of Judge of Probate.
Section 40-10-16 - Portion Sufficient to Satisfy Decree to Be Sold.
Section 40-10-17 - Payment by Purchaser.
Section 40-10-18 - When Property to Be Bid in for State.
Section 40-10-19 - Certificates of Purchase - Delivery; Contents.
Section 40-10-20 - Certificates of Purchase - When Land Bid in for State.
Section 40-10-21 - Certificates of Purchase - Assignments.
Section 40-10-22 - Costs - When Land Bid in for State.
Section 40-10-23 - Costs - Paid by Purchasers.
Section 40-10-24 - Officers Not to Be Interested in Purchase.
Section 40-10-25 - Appeal From Decree.
Section 40-10-26 - Payment of Judgment on Appeal.
Section 40-10-28 - Disposition of Excess Arising From Sale.
Section 40-10-29 - Deeds - Delivered to Purchaser.
Section 40-10-30 - Deeds - Signature, Acknowledgment and Effect.
Section 40-10-31 - Removal of Cloud Upon Title to Real Estate Erroneously Sold for Taxes.