§ 455b. State tax as lien upon lands; prior lien of United States; rights of holder of tax title

Statutory text

All such taxes legally assessed shall be a lien upon the lands and may be enforced upon said lands by the sale thereof in the same manner and under the same proceeding whereby said taxes are enforced against lands held under private ownership; but the title or interest which the State or political subdivision thereof may convey by tax sale, tax deed, or as a result of any tax proceeding shall be subject to a prior lien reserved to the United States for all due and unpaid installments on the appraised purchase price of such lands and for all the unpaid charges authorized by law whether accrued or otherwise. The holder of such tax deed or tax title resulting from such tax shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges in the land of an assignee of such entryman on ceded Indian lands or of an assignee under the provisions of section 441 of this title or of any such entries in a Federal reclamation project constructed under said Act of June 17, 1902, as supplemented or amended.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1928
Pub. L. 70–394 § 3 · 45 Stat. 439
Enacted · 43 U.S.C. § 455b
Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 3, 45 Stat. 439
Source evidence
Code source credit
Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 3, 45 Stat. 439
Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 3. That all such taxes legally assessed shall be a lien upon Enforcement of assessed taxes. the lands and may be enforced upon said lands by the sale thereof in the same manner and under the same proceeding whereby said taxes are enforced against lands held under private ownership: Provided, That the title or interest which the State or political Provisos. Title conveyed by tax sale, etc., subject to unpaid irrigation charges. subdivision thereof may convey by tax sale, tax deed, or as a result of any tax proceeding shall be subject to a prior lien reserved to the United States for all the unpaid charges authorized by the said Act of June 17, 1902, whether accrued or otherwise, but the holder of Rights of holders of tax titles. such tax deed or tax title resulting from such tax shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges in the land of an assignee under the provisions of the Act of June 23, 1910 (Thirty-sixth Statutes, Vol. 36, p. 592. page 592).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Act of June 17, 1902, referred to in text, is act June 17, 1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, popularly known as the Reclamation Act, which is classified generally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 371 of this title and Tables.

Credits

1928–1930 · 2 acts

1928Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 3, 45 Stat. 439
1930June 13, 1930, ch. 477, 46 Stat. 581.

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(Apr. 21, 1928, ch. 394, § 3, 45 Stat. 439; June 13, 1930, ch. 477, 46 Stat. 581.)