The transferee of a tax lien or any assignee or successor in interest of such transferee shall have the same rights, powers and duties as the Lieutenant Governor to collect any taxes and public sewer system user fees which constitute a lien on real property and which remain unpaid within the period prescribed by this title. These rights, powers and duties include but are not limited to collection by the attachment and sale of the property as provided for in section 2541, notice of auction sale as provided for in section 2546, the right to the issuance of a certificate of purchase, by the Lieutenant Governor, on behalf of the Government of the United States Virgin Islands to vest title in the purchaser if the right of redemption is not exercised within the time provided for under section 2581.