Section 10-23-24 - Bidding off for county at tax sale--Interest taken by county.

10-23-24. Bidding off for county at tax sale--Interest taken by county. The county treasurer is authorized at all tax sales made under the laws of this state, in case there are no other bidders offering the amount due, to bid off all or any real property offered at such sale for the amount of taxes, penalty, interest, and costs due and unpaid thereon, in the name of the county in which the sale takes place, such county acquiring all the rights, both legal and equitable, that any purchaser could acquire by reason of such purchase.

Source: SL 1901, ch 46, § 1; RPolC 1903, § 2203; RC 1919, § 6794; SDC 1939, § 57.1108.