Each person is liable to pay taxes and assessments on the real property that, as of December thirty-first of the year preceding the tax year, he owns in fee, for life, or as trustee, as recorded in the public records for deeds of the county in which the property is located, or on the real property that, as of December thirty-first of the year preceding the tax year, he has care of as guardian, executor, or committee or may have the care of as guardian, executor, trustee, or committee.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 65-1611; 1952 Code Section 65-1611; 1942 Code Section 2567; 1932 Code Section 2567; Civ. C. '22 Section 336; Civ. C. '12 Section 288; Civ. C. '02 Section 261; G. S. 165; R. S. 218; 1882 (17) 983; 1996 Act No. 431, Section 21; 2000 Act No. 399, Section 3(X)(2), eff January 1, 2001.