(a) The Legislature declares that the purpose of this article is to provide counties with an alternative remedy for collecting delinquent property taxes by the sale of a tax lien.
Terms Used In Alabama Code 40-10-180
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
property: includes both real and personal property. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
year: means a calendar year; but, whenever the word "year" is used in reference to any appropriations for the payment of money out of the treasury, it shall mean fiscal year. See Alabama Code 1-1-1
(b) The tax collecting official for each county shall have the sole authority to decide whether his or her county shall utilize the sale of a tax lien or the sale of property to collect delinquent property taxes and the method decided by the tax collecting official shall apply to all real property in that county for the year so decided.(c) The tax collecting official’s decision to change the current remedy used for collecting delinquent property taxes shall be published on the tax collecting official’s website or by advertising once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper with general circulation in that particular county, all of which shall occur not later than October 1 when the property taxes become due and payable.
