2005 West Virginia Code - §11A-3-26. — Certificate of redemption issued by clerk; recordation; disposition of redemption money.

§11A-3-26. Certificate of redemption issued by clerk; recordation; disposition of redemption money.

(a) Upon payment of the sum necessary to redeem, the clerk shall execute a certificate of redemption in duplicate, which certificate shall specify the real estate redeemed, or the part thereof or the interest therein, as the case may be, together with any changes in respect thereto which were made in the landbook and in the record of delinquent lands; shall specify the year or years for which payment was made; and shall state that it is a receipt for the money paid and a release of the tax lien on the real estate redeemed. The original certificate shall be retained in the files in the clerk's office and one copy shall be delivered to the person redeeming. The clerk shall make any necessary changes in his record of delinquent lands and shall note the fact of redemption on such record and shall record the certificate in a separate volume provided for the purpose.
The fee for issuing the certificate of redemption shall be thirty-five dollars, of which ten dollars of that amount shall be deposited in the courthouse facilities improvement fund created by section six, article twenty-six, chapter twenty-nine of this code.
(b) All certificates of redemption issued by the clerk in each year shall be numbered consecutively and shall be filed by the clerk in numerical order. Reference to the year and number of the certificate shall be included in the notation of redemption required herein. No fee shall be charged by the clerk for any recordation, filing or notation required by this section.