Whenever any such land so sold has been heretofore or shall be hereafter struck off to the county, and has not been redeemed, and the duplicate tax sale certificate therefor has not been sold or assigned by the county, it shall be the duty of the county treasurer, upon application by the board of directors of such district, at any time after the expiration of the period of redemption provided by law, to execute and deliver a tax deed conveying said land to said district subject to a prior lien for all the taxes, interest, penalty and costs due thereon; provided that where such land has been sold for delinquent taxes under the provisions of Chapter 133 of the Session Laws of 1921, the provisions of Section 453 of said Chapter 133 shall be complied with before such deed shall be issued.
History: Laws 1923, ch. 107, § 2; C.S. 1929, § 73-302; 1941 Comp., § 77-2521; 1953 Comp., § 75-26-20.
ANNOTATIONSBracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law.
Compiler's notes. — Laws 1921, ch. 133 was superseded by 72-7-1 to 72-7-38, 72-8-1 to 72-8-52, 1953 Comp. These provisions were superseded by 7-38-1 NMSA 1978 et seq. Laws 1925, ch. 102, § 28, repealed Laws 1921, ch. 133, § 453.
Cross references. — For procedure for districts cooperating under federal reclamation laws, see 73-11-44, 73-11-45 NMSA 1978.
For deeds issued for sale for tax delinquency, see 7-38-70 NMSA 1978.