Whenever the superintendent of streets of the city shall hold a sale of property for nonpayment of assessments under the provisions of A.R.S. section 9-700, as amended, and there is no purchaser other than the municipality who will pay the entire amount of the assessment, penalty and costs, including fifty cents ($0.50) to the superintendent of streets for a certificate of sale, the superintendent of streets shall sell the lot or portion thereof to the person who will take the least quantity of land and then and there pay the amount of the assessment then delinquent including interest, penalty and costs due, and fifty cents ($0.50) to the superintendent of streets for a certificate of sale, and deed shall issue to such purchaser subject to redemption as provided in A.R.S. section 48-605, as amended.
The lien on the entire lot, piece or parcel of land assessed, provided for in A.R.S. chapter 4, article 2, title 48, as amended, shall continue to be in effect for the amount of the assessment or portion thereof, including interest, penalties and costs thereafter to become due, and the land may again be sold should the assessment again become delinquent.
(1953 Code, ch. 2, § 17d)
State Law References: Authority, A.R.S. § 9-700.B.