All fines and penalties imposed under this code or the ordinances of the town shall be for the use of the town, except as elsewhere provided. Fines may be collected by execution returnable within 30 days after the date of issue. The officer levying such execution shall sell the property upon which a levy has been made at auction, for cash, at some public point within the town, after advertising the time and place of such sale for ten days by posting notices at three conspicuous places within the town.
(1998 Code, § 1-14)