Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-03-19
REAL ESTATE SOLD FOR TAXES.

An act to amend section 2,934 of
chapter 226 of the code of Wash
ington Territory relating to convey
ance of real estate sold for taxes.
Be it enacted by the Legislative
Assembly of the Territory of Wash
ington:
SECTION 1. That section 1884 of
| chapter 226 relating to the convey
ance of real estate sold for taxes be
and is hereby amended to read as
follows: Section 1884. If within
three years after the sale of any tract
or lot Of land for taxes the same has
been redeemed, as provided by law,
the lawful holder of valid certificate
OF sale shall be entitled to deed to
the land described in said certificate,
and upon the surrender of said GER
tificate to the sheriff and the paw.
ment of all subsequent taxes against
said land, if there be any, and the
redemption of said lands from all
former sales to the county not yet
redeemed, if there be any, the sheriff
must make to the purchaser or his
assignee deed of the property in fee
simple, running in the name of the
Territory of Washington and reciting
in the deed substantially the matters
contained in the certificate and that
no porson has redeemed the property
during the time allowed by law for
its redemption: Provided, however,
that no holder or owner of such cer-
tificate shall be entitled to q deed of
the lands or lots so purchased until
the following conditions have been
complied with, towit: Such holder or
owner shall cause to be served O
written or printed notice of such
purchase on the person or persons in
actual possession or occupacy on
such tract or lot of land, and also
the person in whose name the same
was taxed or assessed, if upon dill
gont inquiry he can be found in the
county, at least sixty days prior to
the expiration of the three years
aforesaid. in which notice he shall
state when he purchased the land or
lot, the description thereof, for what
year taxed or specially assessed, and
when the time of redemption shall
expire. If no one is in the actual
possession or occupancy of such tract
or lot of land and the person in
whose name the same was taxed or
assessed, upon diligent inquiry can.
not be found in the county, then the
holder or owner of said certificate
shall publish such notice in some
newspaper printed and published in
the county, and if no newspaper is
printed and published in the couu-
ty, then in the nearest news
paper that is published in this Ter.
ritory to the county seat OF the
county in which such tract or lot of
land is situated, which noti:e shall
be inserted three times, the first not
more than five months and the last
not less than sixty days before the
time of redemption shall expire.
And the holder or owner of such
certificate or his agent shall, before
he shall be entitled to such deed,
make an affidavit of his having COM
piled with the conditions of this Sec
ton, stating particularly the facts
relied on as such compliance, which
affidavit shall be delivered to the
sheriff and which shall by him be
filed in the Office of the county aud
itor and by him entered on the re-
cords of his Office and carefully pre-.
served among the files of his Office,
which record and affidavit shall be
prima facie evidence that such notice
has been given, the auditors fee for
recording such affidavit to be paid
by the holder of such certificate and
the printers fee for publishing such
notice to be paid by the party re-
desming before deed is made, not
to exceed two dollars for each tract
or lot of land. Any person swearing
falsely in such affidavit shall be