(1) The sheriff shall sell the real property in the same manner provided by law for a sale on execution and shall at once pay the proceeds thereof to the clerk of the district court. Any governmental subdivision of the state, municipal corporation, or drainage or irrigation district to which any part of the taxes included in the decree of foreclosure is due may purchase any real property sold at sheriff’s sale. The provisions of the law for the protection of the purchasers at tax sales shall apply to purchasers at foreclosure sales provided for in this section. The sheriff or officer conducting the sale shall not be entitled to any commission on the money received and paid out on foreclosure sales provided for herein.

(2) The sheriff or officer conducting the sale may, for any cause he or she deems expedient, postpone the sale of all or any portion of the real property from time to time until it is completed, and in every such case, notice of postponement shall be given by public declaration thereof by the sheriff or officer at the time and place last appointed for the sale. The public declaration of the notice of postponement shall include the new date, time, and place of sale. No other notice of the postponed sale need be given unless the sale is postponed for longer than forty-five days beyond the day designated in the notice of sale, in which event notice shall be given in the same manner as the original notice of sale is required to be given.