Tax and public sewer system user fee deed; form, contents and recording

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The Lieutenant Governor shall prepare, sign and deliver to the purchaser of any real property sold for the non-payment of taxes and public sewer system user fees a certificate of purchase, which shall contain the name and residence of such purchaser, the date of the sale of said real property, the amount for which it is sold, a statement that said amount has been paid by the purchaser, the amount of taxes and public sewer system user fees, penalties and cost, and such description of the property as is required by section 2541 of this title, and the folio or volume wherein the property sold shall have been recorded, in case it has been so recorded. If the right of redemption provided for in subchapter IV of this chapter is not exercised within the time prescribed, said certificate when recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds, shall vest the title to said property in said purchaser, free from all mortgages, liens or other encumbrances. The certificate shall be prima facie evidence of the facts recited therein in any controversy, proceeding or action involving or concerning the rights of the purchaser, his heirs or assigns, to the property thereby conveyed. The Lieutenant Governor shall have the certificate of purchase duly recorded by the Recorder of Deeds upon the payment of such fees as may be prescribed by section 133, Title 28, Virgin Islands Code, which shall be added to the costs. Thereafter, the Lieutenant Governor shall deliver the certificate to the purchaser.


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