The certificate of purchase delivered by the tax collector to the purchaser at such sale or to the state in case the state is the purchaser is assignable in writing or by endorsement, and if the state is the purchaser such assignment shall be made by the Land Commissioner upon the payment of the amount bid by the state, with interest thereon at the rate of 12 percent per annum from the date of sale to the date of assignment, plus all taxes due on said lands since the date of sale, with interest thereon at 12 percent from date of maturity. Such assignment shall vest in the assignee and his legal representatives all the right and title of the original purchaser or of the state in case the state is a purchaser.
Upon such assignment it shall be the duty of the assignee or his legal representatives to assess such property as from the date of such assignment.
Should such assignment be made after the third Monday in January, the assignee shall be allowed 30 days within which to assess such property before any penalties for such failure shall accrue.
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.