§ 20-7 — Place and terms of sale

(a) The court may designate the place and manner of holding the sale, whether private or public, and whether for cash or on reasonable credit. The sale may be conducted by means of the Internet or any other electronic medium as approved by the court. When mining, oil or gas rights only are sold, the court may require security of the purchaser and may direct the sale to be made upon a royalty basis or for a lump sum in such manner and upon such terms as appears to the court to be to the best interests of the estate. (b) Every public sale under this Article, except a sale conducted by means of the Internet or another electronic medium, shall be held between the hours of 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon and 5:00 o'clock in the afternoon of the same day. Notice of the time, place and terms of holding the sale, containing a description of the property sought to be sold, must be published once each week for 3 successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than 25 days prior to the sale, in some newspaper published in the county where the property sought to be sold, or the greater part thereof, lies. A sale conducted by means of the Internet or another electronic medium shall be conducted according to terms and notice given by means of the Internet or other electronic medium. The notice required under this paragraph must include a statement that public access to the Internet is available at public libraries. Any notice required under this paragraph is in addition to any other notice required under this subsection (b).

Legislative History

(Source: P.A. 92-97, eff. 7-18-01.)