§ 18-60-811. Order for delivery of property
(a) The order for the delivery of the property to the plaintiff shall be addressed and delivered, with a copy thereof, to the sheriff. It shall state the names of the parties to the action and the court in which the action is brought and direct the sheriff to take the property, describing it and […]
§ 18-60-704. Publication of notice
Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk of the court shall publish for four (4) weeks in some weekly newspaper published in the county a notice of the filing of the petition, describing the lands and the alleged conveyance to the railroad as set forth in the petition, and calling upon all persons claiming […]
§ 18-60-812. Bond
(a) The order shall not be complied with by the sheriff until there has been executed in his or her presence, by one (1) or more sufficient sureties of the plaintiff, a bond to the defendant, to the effect that the plaintiff shall duly prosecute the action and that he or she shall perform the […]
§ 18-60-705. Proof — Determination
If any person appears to contest the petition, the burden of proof shall rest upon the person so appearing, and the court shall determine the rights of the parties in accordance with the principles and practice in equity and decree accordingly.
§ 18-60-813. Execution of order
(a) The sheriff shall execute the order by taking the property therein mentioned, if it is found in the possession of the defendant, or his or her agent, or of any other person who obtained possession thereof from the defendant, directly or indirectly, after the order was placed in the sheriff’s hands. (b) The sheriff […]
§ 18-60-511. Costs
The costs of the proceedings shall be adjudged against the petitioner if there is no other party to the proceedings, and otherwise the costs shall be adjudged according to the principles of equity.
§ 18-60-601. Proceedings to confirm public sales
The purchasers, or the heirs and legal representatives of purchasers, of lands at sheriff’s sales or those made by the county clerks, or by the Commissioner of State Lands, or from levee or drainage improvement districts, who have acquired title by purchase at the sale held by the sheriff or by foreclosure proceedings for taxes […]
§ 18-60-602. Petition for confirmation — Affidavit
(a) The petition for confirmation shall be filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county at least twenty (20) days prior to the first day of the term of court at which application is to be made. (b) The petitioner, if he or she is acquainted with the lands, shall file with […]
§ 18-60-603. Publication of notice
(a) (1) When land is not made redeemable by any law of this state applicable to the sale, or, if redeemable, at any time after the expiration of the time allowed for the redemption, at all sales which have been or may be made, the purchaser, the heirs and legal representative of the purchaser, or […]
§ 18-60-604. Petition taken as confessed
If the deed or deeds are in proper legal form and properly executed, if there is proof showing payment, settlement, or release of the taxes, and if the evidence shows that no one is in possession adverse to the petitioner, then in case no one has appeared to show cause against the prayer of the […]