2021 West Virginia Code
Chapter 11A. Collection and Enforcement of Property Taxes
Article 3. Sale of Tax Liens and Nonentered, Escheated and Waste and Unappropriated Lands
§11A-3-9. Sheriff's List of Sales, Suspensions, Redemptions and Certifications; Oath
(a) As soon as the sale provided in section five of this article has been completed, the sheriff shall prepare a list of all tax liens on delinquent real estate purchased at the sale, or suspended from sale, or redeemed before sale, or certified to the Auditor. The heading of the list shall be in form or effect as follows:
List of sales of tax liens on real estate in the county of _________________________, returned delinquent for nonpayment of taxes thereon for the year (or years) 20, and sold in the month (or months) of __________________________, 20, or suspended from sale, or redeemed before sale, or certified to the Auditor.
(b) The sheriff shall, at the foot of the list, subscribe an oath, which shall be subscribed before and certified by some person duly authorized to administer oaths, in form or effect as follows:
I, _________________________, sheriff (or deputy sheriff or collector) of the county of _________________________, do swear that the above list contains a true account of all the tax liens on real estate within my county returned delinquent for nonpayment of taxes thereon for the year (or years) 20, which were sold by me or which were suspended from sale or redeemed before sale or certified to the Auditor, and that I am not now, nor have I at any time been, directly or indirectly interested in the purchase of any such tax liens.
(c) Except for the heading and the oath, the State Auditor shall prescribe the form of the list.
