§ 6-13-13 — Less than full amount of purchase price in cash--Execution of contract for deed.

If the governing board approves the sale pursuant to § 6-13-11 , and less than the full amount of the purchase price is paid in cash and the remainder is to be paid in annual installments, the purchaser or purchasers shall be given a contract for deed covering such real property. The contract for deed shall be executed in the name of the chairman of the governing board of the political subdivision and attested by the fiscal officer. The contract for deed shall state that the political subdivision agrees to convey all of the right, title, and interest of the political subdivision in and to such real property so sold and every part thereof upon the full performance thereof by the purchaser. The contract for deed shall contain a recital of the terms of the sale, the amount of cash paid at the sale, the amount of each of the annual installments, the date of payment of such annual installments, and the rate of interest thereon. The contract for deed shall require the purchaser to make the payments of principal and interest in the amounts and at the times provided by § 6-13-9 . The contract for deed shall require that all taxes assessed and levied upon the real property described therein shall be paid in full each year during the term of the contract for deed and before the taxes become delinquent. The contract for deed shall provide that in case of default in the payment of any annual installment or interest or taxes assessed and levied, the governing board, at its option, may declare the contract at an end and proceed immediately to foreclose the deed in the manner provided by law for the strict foreclosure of executory contract for the sale of real estate. The contract for deed shall provide that all payments made prior to such default shall be retained by the political subdivision as liquidated damages.

Legislative History

SL 1989, ch 62, § 5.