The sale shall be made at public auction between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. where the property is situated. A notice stating the time and place of sale, the amount which will be due on the date, of sale exclusive of the expenses of advertising and sale, and the grounds of the lien, giving a general description of the property to be sold, shall be served personally upon the owner of the property if he or she can be found within the city or within the county in which the property is stored, and if he or she cannot then it shall be mailed to the owner at least three weeks before the time fixed for the sale if the place of residence or post office address of the owner is known to the city officials or with due diligence can be learned by the city authorities, and shall be published once in each week for three successive weeks in the official newspaper. The last publication of such notice shall be at least one week prior to the date of sale. In case neither the place of residence nor the post office address of such owner is known to the city authorities and cannot with reasonable diligence be learned, the publication of notice shall be sufficient to authorize such sale.
(1963 Code, § 41.08)