§ 14-318-119 - Time for payment of tax -- Collection of delinquent taxes -- Right of redemption.
14-318-119. Time for payment of tax -- Collection of delinquent taxes -- Right of redemption.
(a) All taxes levied under the terms of this chapter shall be payable between the first Monday in January and April 10 of each year. If any taxes levied by the board in pursuance to this chapter are not paid at maturity, the collector shall not embrace the taxes in the taxes for which he shall sell the lands, but he shall report the delinquencies to the board of commissioners of the district, who shall add to the amount of the tax a penalty of twenty-five percent (25%).
(b) The board of commissioners shall enforce the collection by chancery proceedings in the chancery court of the county, in the manner provided by 14-121-426 -- 14-121-432, but the owner of property sold for taxes thereunder shall have the right to redeem it at any time within two (2) years from the time when his lands have been stricken off by the commissioner making the sale.