41-9-249. Application of state revenue laws; tax sale for delinquent assessments.

The revenue laws of this state for the collecting of taxes on real estate for county purposes, except as herein modified, shall be applicable for the purposes of this act, including the payment of interest and enforcement of penalties and forfeitures for delinquent taxes. All penalties and interest on assessments of a drainage district collected by the county treasurer shall be the property of such district, and all interest and penalties collected on assessments of such district levied for purposes other than bonded indebtedness shall be paid to the treasurer of the district levying such assessment; such payments to be made on or before the fifth day of the month following the date of such collection. In advertising property for sale for delinquent taxes the county treasurer shall show in a separate column in such advertisement the amount of unpaid drainage assessment levied against each lot, tract and easement of land in said district. The county treasurer of any county in which any portion of the land of any drainage district is located, and at the time of advertising real property for sale for state and county taxes shall include in such advertisement, the amount of delinquent drainage assessments against each lot, tract or easement of land. At the time and place of sale of real property for state and county taxes the county treasurer shall also separately sell the land for delinquent drainage district assessments and shall issue separate certificates of sale therefor. In offering such real estate for sale for drainage assessments the county treasurer shall offer the entire tract assessed and the first bid received in an amount sufficient to pay such assessment, together with interest, penalty and costs, shall be accepted and treasurer shall not attempt to secure a higher bid. In case no purchaser appears to purchase the land offered for sale for delinquent drainage assessments the treasurer shall make an entry on his delinquent tax roll "Sold to .... Drainage District of .... County, Wyoming" and shall issue a certificate of purchase to such district. The owner of any tract, lot or easement of land in a drainage district shall have the right to redeem the said land at any time within eighteen (18) months from the date of sale thereof by the county treasurer as shown on said certificate by paying therefor the amount for which said land was sold by the county treasurer, together with such penalties and interest as may be provided by law relative to sales of land for delinquent state and county taxes, and in case the owner of any lot, tract or easement of land in any district shall fail to redeem said land from said sale for drainage assessment, the county treasurer shall issue a deed therefor to the purchaser at said sale, his heirs or assigns. The drainage district purchasing such land at said sale shall have all the right of natural persons in regard to owning, holding and selling such certificate and including the receipt of a deed, holding the title to real estate and selling and disposing of the same. The commissioners shall in no case sell said land or certificate of purchase for an amount less than the amount for which said land was sold to said district, including interest thereon, unless authorized so to do by the court. The procedure for the issuing of the deed, including the form of the deed, time of publication and service of notice of intention to apply for deed, shall be the same as is now or may hereafter be provided by law for the issuances of tax deeds by the county treasurer upon the sale of land for state and county taxes, except as herein modified.