§ 54-12-424. Compensation of Trustee for Collecting and Paying Out, and for Certified Copies
For collecting and paying out the assessments under this chapter, the county trustee shall receive as compensation two percent (2%) on all amounts paid out by the trustee; and for any certified statements furnished by the trustee, the same fees per one hundred (100) words as are allowed clerks of courts for certified copies of […]
§ 54-12-425. Compensation of Trustee for Receiving and Paying Out Money Derived From Sale of Bonds and Warrants — Bond and Compensation of Successor
The county trustee, for receiving and paying out money received from the sale of bonds and warrants issued and sold under this part, shall be entitled to a commission of one-half of one percent (0.5%) for receiving the money, and one-half of one percent (0.5%) for paying out the money. Any moneys and funds remaining […]
§ 54-12-426. Surplus Funds From Assessments, Bonds, or Notes — Disposition
When, in the making of any improvement for a road improvement district provided for in this chapter, bonds or notes of the districts have heretofore been made or hereafter sold for the purpose of providing funds for the improvement, and money is left over of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds or notes […]
§ 54-12-419. Attorney’s Fee Charged as Part of Judgment
In the proceedings in chancery court, the attorneys or solicitors employed and attending to the suit shall be allowed as a fee ten percent (10%) of the amount found due as an assessment on each tract of land decreed to be sold, the fee to be charged up in the decree as part of the […]
§ 54-12-420. Adjudication of Redemption — Declaring Land That of Owner So Redeeming — Writ of Possession
When the lands are redeemed as provided in §§ 54-12-418, 54-12-419, this section and § 54-12-421, and this fact is made satisfactorily to appear to the chancery court, the court shall enter a decree in the cause, adjudging the land redeemed and declaring it to be the property of the owner redeeming the property, or […]
§ 54-12-421. Redemption of Lands by Minors and Persons Adjudicated Incompetent Within a Year of Restoration of Competency
Minors and persons who are adjudicated incompetent shall have the further period of one (1) year after the restoration of competency in which to redeem their lands sold under this chapter under like terms as to amounts to be paid, in redemption, as provided in § 54-12-418.
§ 54-12-423. Assessments Collectible Only Out of the Assessed Land
The assessments provided for by this chapter, if not paid by the owners of the land assessed, shall be collected only out of the land assessed for improvement purposes, and shall not be collected by distress warrant or otherwise out of any other property, real or personal, of the owners of the land assessed under […]
§ 54-12-405. Bonds to Be Paid Only by Assessments Levied on the Lands Within the District
Each bond shall show expressly on its face that it is to be paid only by assessments levied and collected on the lands within the district so designated and numbered, and for the benefit of which district the bond is issued. No assessment shall be levied or collected for the payment of the bond or […]
§ 54-12-410. Assessment Book Made by County Clerk for Entire Assessment or Annually — Interest on Assessments After Delinquency
The assessments provided for by this chapter, and to be collected for the purpose provided in this chapter, shall be entered upon a book to be provided by the county clerk, at the expense of the county, for this purpose, in a similar manner to that in which taxes are entered upon the tax books, […]
§ 54-12-411. Assessments Become Liens Upon Land
The assessments provided for by this chapter, when made and levied, shall be and become valid liens upon lands.