Before the sale, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall determine a minimum price for which the property shall be sold, and if no person offers for the property at the sale the amount of the minimum price, the property shall not be sold but the sale shall be readvertised and held at a later time. In determining the minimum price, the secretary or the secretary's delegate shall take into account and determine the expense of making the levy and sale.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-13-60, enacted by Laws 1965, ch. 248, § 48; 1979, ch. 144, § 41; 2001, ch. 56, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSThe 2001 amendment, effective July 1, 2001, substituted "secretary or the secretary's delegate" for "director or his delegate" in two places.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 72 Am. Jur. 2d State and Local Taxation §§ 933, 934.
Sale of property at tax sale for more or less than the amount of taxes, penalties and costs as affecting its validity, 97 A.L.R. 842, 147 A.L.R. 1141.
Constitutionality of statutes authorizing tax sale or resale for less than the amount of the taxes due, 155 A.L.R. 1177.
85 C.J.S. Taxation §§ 1183 to 1185.