§ 54. Duplicate lists of lands sold; filed with clerk of circuit court; issuance of deeds; lands bid in by city.

Said city tax collector shall make out lists in duplicate of all lands sold by him, giving name of owner if so assessed, and if assessed as unknown so stating, description of the land, name of purchaser, the amount sold for, together with the date of sale, and shall append to each, his official certificate, that such sale was made according to law, one such list shall be filed with and preserved by the clerk of said city, and one with the circuit court of Bradford County, Florida. The list filed with the clerk of the circuit court shall be recorded by him in such book as is usually used for such record by said clerk, who shall be entitled to the usual fee for such recording. Deeds for real estate sold for delinquent taxes by the city may be procured after the period of redemption of two years, from the clerk of the circuit court where recorded, in the usual form and in the same manner as deeds are secured on property for delinquent taxes in the county, and the clerk of the circuit court shall be entitled to the usual fees for such deeds. But in case said lands are bid in by said city at any tax sale and such land is not redeemed nor such certificate sold, transferred or assigned by said city at the expiration of the time for redemption, said City of Starke, Florida, may obtain a deed in like manner as is prescribed herein for individuals, and title thereto shall pass to the said city, the same as if it was an individual.

(Laws of Fla. ch. 13426(1927), § 30)

State law reference

Tax deeds, F.S. § 197.552 et seq.