§ 46-38. Resale by city of property purchased at sale.

Property acquired by the City of Fayetteville pursuant to a tax sale of this article may be divested or alienated by the city only by public sale of the property to the highest bidder. However, when it is clearly shown to the city governing authority that returned or unreturned property has been sold and purchased by the governing authority to protect both the taxes of the city and the cost of collecting such taxes and that the governing authority has not parted with title to the property the governing authority may quit claim the property by unanimous vote to the owner of the property at the time of purchase by the governing authority or to the owner's administrators, executors, heirs, or assigns upon payment of all taxes which are due on the property and all costs due by reason of the sale.

(Ord. No. 0-22-96, § 11-15, 5-20-96)

State law reference

O.C.G.A. § 48-5-359(c).