427.15 - INTEREST OF LESSEE.

        427.15  INTEREST OF LESSEE.         In all cases where land belonging to any state institution has      been leased and the leases renewed, containing an option of purchase,      the interest of the lessees therein shall be subject to assessment      and taxation as real estate.  The value of such interest shall be      fixed by deducting from the value of the lands and improvements the      amount required by the lease to acquire the title thereto, which      leasehold interest so assessed and taxed may be sold for delinquent      taxes and deeds issued thereunder as in other cases of tax sales, and      the same rights shall accrue to the grantee therein as were held and      owned by the tenant.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [C97, § 1351; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 6955; C46, 50, 54, 58,      62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 427.15]