(a) A resale tax deed executed in substantial compliance with the provisions of the preceding section shall be prima facie evidence in all courts of the state, and in all suits and controversies relating to the rights of the grantee named in said deed, his heirs, successors or assigns, to the land thereby conveyed, of the following facts:

(1) That the real property deeded was subject to taxation for the year or years included in such sale;

(2) That the property had been legally assessed for such year;

(3) That the taxes were levied according to law;

(4) That the said property was legally sold to the county at delinquent tax sale more than two (2) years prior to said resale and that the lien acquired by the county at such sale remained in the county;

(5) That the property deeded had not been redeemed from sale at the date of the deed;

(6) That the property was legally sold at resale to the grantee named in said resale deed and was duly advertised before being sold;

(7) That all proceedings, notices and duties provided, required and imposed by law prerequisite to the vesting of authority in the county treasurer to execute such deed had been followed, given, complied with and performed.

(b) To defeat the deed it must be clearly pleaded and clearly proven that one or more of the essential prerequisites to the vesting of authority in said county treasurer to execute such deed was wholly omitted and not done; and a showing that one or more of said prerequisites was irregularly done shall not be sufficient to defeat the deed.

Laws 1965, c. 501, § 2. Renumbered from § 24337 by Laws 1988, c. 162, § 161, eff. Jan. 1, 1992 and Laws 1991, c. 249, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.