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Enrolled Version - Final Version Senate Bill 232 History
SB232 SUB1 enr
(Senators Snyder, Browning, Foster, Laird, Minard,
McCabe, Plymale and Wells, original sponsors)
AN ACT to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto two new sections, designated §11A-3-5a and §11A-3-5b; and to amend and reenact §11A-3-6, §11A-3-8, §11A- 3-9, §11A-3-11, §11A-3-14, §11A-3-15, §11A-3-16, §11A-3-18, §11A-3-19, §11A-3-20, §11A-3-21, §11A-3-22, §11A-3-23, §11A-3- 24, §11A-3-25, §11A-3-26, §11A-3-27, §11A-3-28, §11A-3-29, §11A-3-30, §11A-3-31 and §11A-3-32 of said code, all relating to delinquent land sales by the sheriff generally; authorizing the auditor to perform certain duties related to delinquent land sales by the sheriff instead of being performed by the clerk of the county commission; permitting county commissions to order that the county clerk will continue to perform the duties related to delinquent land sales by the sheriff; requiring the mailing of a notice to redeem to the physical mailing address for the subject property; prohibiting certain assistants from purchasing tax liens; requiring certification of real estate by the sheriff to the auditor where the highest bidder bids at least the amount of taxes, interest and charges for which a tax lien is offered for sale; requiring notice to the purchaser of the requirement to secure a deed; increasing maximum reimbursable amount for certain legal services; requiring that a person redeeming be given a copy of the written opinion or report used for the preparation of the list of those to be served with notice; authorizing the county clerk to accept and write a receipt for payment made to redeem delinquent lands on behalf of the auditor; requiring that certain reimbursements to purchasers must be for legal services actually performed; enlarging the time within which a quitclaim deed must be delivered; authorizing the auditor to appoint designees; and establishing and increasing fees for services provided.
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto two new sections, designated §11A-3-5a and §11A- 3-5b; and that §11A-3-6, §11A-3-8, §11A-3-9, §11A-3-11, §11A-3-14, §11A-3-15, §11A-3-16, §11A-3-18, §11A-3-19, §11A-3-20, §11A-3-21, §11A-3-22, §11A-3-23, §11A-3-24, §11A-3-25, §11A-3-26, §11A-3-27, §11A-3-28, §11A-3-29, §11A-3-30, §11A-3-31 and §11A-3-32 of said code be amended and reenacted, all to read as follows:
List of sales of tax liens on real estate in the county of ___________________________ , returned delinquent for nonpayment of taxes thereon for the year (or years) 20 , and sold in the month (or months) of ___________________________ , 20 , or suspended from sale, or redeemed before sale, or certified to the Auditor.
I, ___________________________ , sheriff (or deputy sheriff or collector) of the county of ___________________________, do swear that the above list contains a true account of all the tax liens on real estate within my county returned delinquent for nonpayment of taxes thereon for the year (or years) 20 , which were sold by me or which were suspended from sale or redeemed before sale or certified to the Auditor, and that I am not now, nor have I at any time been, directly or indirectly interested in the purchase of any such tax liens.
(b) All rights of a purchaser shall be considered forfeited and expired and no tax deed is to be issued on any tax sale evidenced by a tax certificate of sale where the certificate has ceased to be a lien pursuant to the provisions of this section and application for the tax deed, pursuant to the provisions of section twenty-seven of this article, is not pending at the time of the expiration of the limitation period provided in this section.
You will take notice that _______________, the purchaser (or _____________, the assignee, heir or devisee of _______________, the purchaser) of the tax lien(s) on the following real estate, __________________, (here describe the real estate for which the tax lien(s) thereon were sold) located in ___________________, (here name the city, town or village in which the real estate is situated or, if not within a city, town or village, give the district and a general description) which was returned delinquent in the name of ________________, and for which the tax lien(s) thereon was sold by the sheriff of ____________________ County at the sale for delinquent taxes made on the _______________ day of _____________, 20 , has requested that you be notified that a deed for such real estate will be made to him or her on or after April 1, 20 ____, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount you will have to pay to redeem on the last day, March 31, will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes, interest, and charges due on the date of sale, with interest to March 31, 20 ____ ........$__________
Amount paid for title examination and preparation of list of those to be served, and for preparation and service of the notice with interest from January 1, 20 (insert year) following the sheriff's sale to March 31, 20 ____ ........ $__________
(c) If any person entitled to notice is a nonresident of this state, whose address is known to the purchaser, he or she shall be served at that address by certified mail, return receipt requested.
(d) If the address of any person entitled to notice, whether a resident or nonresident of this state, is unknown to the purchaser and cannot be discovered by due diligence on the part of the purchaser, the notice shall be served by publication as a Class III-0 legal advertisement in compliance with the provisions of article three, chapter fifty-nine of this code and the publication area for the publication shall be the county in which the real estate is located. If service by publication is necessary, publication shall be commenced when personal service is required as set forth in this section and a copy of the notice shall at the same time be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the last known address of the person to be served. The return of service of the notice and the affidavit of publication, if any, shall be in the manner provided for process generally and shall be filed and preserved by the State Auditor in his or her office, together with any return receipts for notices sent by certified mail.
In addition to the other notice requirements set forth in this section, if the real property subject to the tax lien was classified as Class II property at the time of the assessment, at the same time the State Auditor issues the required notices by certified mail, the State Auditor shall forward a copy of the notice sent to the delinquent taxpayer by first class mail, addressed to "Occupant", to the physical mailing address for the subject property. The physical mailing address for the subject property shall be supplied by the purchaser of the tax lien pursuant to the provisions of section nineteen of this article.
(3) Any additional reasonable expenses that the purchaser may have incurred from January 1 of the year following the sheriff's sale to the date of redemption for the preparation of the list of those to be served with notice to redeem and any written documentation used for the preparation of the list, in accordance with section nineteen of this article, with interest at the rate of one percent per month from the date of payment, but the amount which shall be paid, excluding the interest, for the expenses incurred for the preparation of the list of those to be served with notice to redeem required by section nineteen of this article shall not exceed the amount actually incurred by the purchaser or $300, whichever is less : Provided, That the attorney may only charge a fee for legal services actually performed and must certify that he or she conducted an examination to determine the list of those to be served required by section nineteen of this article; and
(c) The fee for issuing the certificate of redemption is $35, of which $10 of that amount shall be deposited in the Courthouse Facilities Improvement Fund created by section six, article twenty- six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(a) If the real estate described in the notice is not redeemed within the time specified in the notice, then from April 1 of the second year following the sheriff's sale until the expiration of the lien evidenced by a tax certificate of sale issued by a sheriff for the real estate as provided in section eighteen of this article, the State Auditor or his or her deputy shall upon request of the purchaser make and deliver to the clerk of the county commission subject to the provisions of section eighteen of this article, a quitclaim deed for the real estate in form or effect as follows:
This deed made this _________ day of _____________, 20 ___, by and between _________________, State Auditor, West Virginia, (or by and between _______________, a commissioner appointed by the circuit court of ______________ County, West Virginia) grantor, and _____________, purchaser, (or __________________, heir, devisee or assignee of _______________________, purchaser), grantee, witnesseth, that:
(b) Except when ordered to do so, as provided in section twenty-eight of this article, the State Auditor may not execute and deliver a deed more than sixty days after the person entitled to the deed delivers the same and requests the execution of the deed. (c) For the execution of the deed and for all the recording required by this section, a fee of $50 and the recording and transfer tax expenses shall be charged, to be paid by the grantee upon delivery of the deed. The deed, when duly acknowledged or proven, shall be recorded by the clerk of the county commission in the deed book in the clerk's office, together with any assignment from the purchaser, if one was made, the notice to redeem, the return of service of the notice, the affidavit of publication, if the notice was served by publication, and any return receipts for notices sent by certified mail.
(b) If the State Auditor fails or refuses to execute the deed as required in section twenty-seven of this article, the person requesting the deed may, at any time after such failure or refusal, but not more than six months after his or her right to the deed accrued, apply by petition to the circuit court of the county for an order compelling the State Auditor to execute the deed or appointing a commissioner to do so. If the person requesting the deed fails to make an application within the time allowed, he or she shall lose his or her right to the deed, but his or her rights against the State Auditor under the provisions of section sixty- seven of this article shall not be affected. Any deed executed pursuant to an order of the court or judge shall have the same force and effect as if executed and delivered by the State Auditor within the time specified in section twenty-seven of this article.