At the time of payment to the department of delinquent taxes, interest and penalties, the department shall issue a receipt to the property owner for the payment of delinquent taxes, penalties and interest. A duplicate of the receipt shall be mailed to the county treasurer together with a remittance of the property taxes paid. When the county treasurer receives the remittance of the taxes and the duplicate receipt, the treasurer shall make a notation of the payment of the property taxes, penalties and interest on the property tax schedule and shall distribute the property taxes to the appropriate governmental units in accordance with the regulations of the department of finance and administration.
History: 1953 Comp., § 72-31-63, enacted by Laws 1973, ch. 258, § 103; 1979, ch. 373, § 1; 1990, ch. 22, § 6.
ANNOTATIONSThe 1990 amendment, effective May 16, 1990, substituted "department" for "division" in the section heading and in two places in the first sentence, deleted "penalties and interests" following "taxes" in the second and third sentences and, in the third sentence, inserted "of the property taxes, penalties and interests" and made a minor stylistic change.