2006 Utah Code - 17A-2-555 — Statement of indebtedness to be procured -- Fees -- Filing -- Discharge of lien.

     17A-2-555.   Statement of indebtedness to be procured -- Fees -- Filing -- Discharge of lien.
     (1) Any person or persons, bank or banks, corporation or corporations or other organization or any mortgagee or other lien holder desiring to pay the unpaid equalized drainage district benefit assessments and/or taxes against any tract, lot or parcel of land in any drainage district may apply to the secretary of the board of trustees of the drainage district for a written statement of the unpaid amount of the same together with accrued interest thereon, and the secretary of such drainage district shall execute and deliver to such applicant, on payment of a fee of $1, such a statement duly certified to under the secretary's hand and the seal of the district, and the applicant shall then present and file the same with the county treasurer of the county in which such tract, lot or parcel of land is located, and when so filed and when payment in full of the unpaid amount of equalized drainage district benefit assessments and taxes is paid, either in lawful money of the United States, or drainage district bonds, notes, warrants, or matured interest coupons as herein provided, the county treasurer shall issue and deliver to such applicant a receipt in duplicate for the amount of such payment, stating therein the amount paid and whether paid in lawful money of the United States or in bonds, notes, warrants or matured interest coupons of the district, and upon presentation and filing of one copy of such a receipt with the treasurer of the drainage district, showing payment in full of the unpaid equalized benefit assessments and/or taxes against any such tract, lot or parcel of land, the drainage district shall issue and deliver to the person or persons, bank or banks, corporation or corporations or other organizations or to such mortgagee or lien holder making such payment a written release and discharge releasing such tract, lot or parcel of land from all other and further liability for the payment of any of the then existing bonded indebtedness of the district or any bonds thereafter given to refund the same, or any notes or warrants theretofore or that may thereafter be issued for the payment of any interest on such bonds or such refunded bonds, and releasing and discharging the land from any and all other liability for the payment of the same or any part thereof, and releasing and discharging such tract, lot or parcel of land from the payment of any of the unpaid equalized drainage district assessment of benefits and taxes and from the lien of the benefit assessment roll as equalized and finally determined by the county legislative body of the county in which such tract, lot or parcel of land is located.
     (2) (a) Such tract, lot, or parcel of land may not thereafter be assessed by the drainage district except for the purposes of maintenance and supervision.
     (b) All assessments or taxes other than those levied for payment of bond, interest, or principal shall be payable only in lawful money of the United States, or in warrants of the district issued within the same calendar year in which the warrants are tendered.

Amended by Chapter 254, 2000 General Session