(a)If the annual tax levied as provided in this subchapter is not paid within the time fixed by law for payment of other taxes levied by law for the particular district each year:
(1)A penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) shall at once attach for the delinquency; and (2) The board of directors of the district shall enforce the collection of the taxes and penalty by a proceeding filed in the chancery court of the county in which the delinquent property is situated.
(b)The court shall give judgment against the delinquent lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, electric power lines, and other real property situate within the boundaries of the district for the amount of the delinquent taxes, penalty, and interest at the rate of six percent (6%) ther
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(a) If the annual tax levied as provided in this subchapter is not paid within the time fixed by law for payment of other taxes levied by law for the particular district each year: (1) A penalty of twenty-five percent (25%) shall at once attach for the delinquency; and (2) The board of directors of the district shall enforce the collection of the taxes and penalty by a proceeding filed in the chancery court of the county in which the delinquent property is situated. (b) The court shall give judgment against the delinquent lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, electric power lines, and other real property situate within the boundaries of the district for the amount of the delinquent taxes, penalty, and interest at the rate of six percent (6%) thereon from the date of delinquency, and all costs of the proceeding, and may include a reasonable attorney fee. (c) The judgment so rendered by the court shall provide for the sale of the delinquent lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and electric power lines, and other real property situate within the boundaries of the district by a commissioner of the court, after advertisement in the manner and form hereinafter set out. (d) It shall not be necessary that the ownership of the lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and electric power lines, and other real property, be alleged in the proceedings. (e) The judgment so rendered shall be enforced wholly against the lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, and electric power lines, and other real property, and not against any other property or estate of the owner. (f) All or any part of the delinquent lands, town lots, blocks, railroads and tramroads, telegraph and telephone lines, electric power lines, and other real property, and the taxes delinquent thereon for one (1) or more years, may be included in one (1) suit for each county, instituted for the collection of the delinquent taxes, penalty, and interest. The proceeding shall be a proceeding in rem.