The collecting officer, upon payment of a fee of fifty cents, and upon application in form substantially as required for tax searches, shall furnish to any interested party, a certified copy of the duplicate certificate of installment payments, if any, and if none, shall furnish a certified statement of such installment payments as have been made. If no installment redemption is in progress he shall so certify. The certificate or certified copy shall bind the municipality in the same manner as a tax search certificate.