SECTION 12-59-50. Sale by former owner of forfeited lands; application to commission for approval of sale.

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SC Code › Title 12 › Chapter 59 › Article 1 › Section 12-59-50

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The owner of any property which has been sold for delinquent county taxes and which has been bid in by the forfeited land commission may sell all or any part of such property so bid in by the forfeited land commission upon securing the approval, in writing, of the forfeited land commission, if such land has not theretofore been sold by such commission and application for such approval be made to the commission by the owner within five years from the day following the expiration of the period allowed by law to owners to redeem property sold for taxes. Effect of Amendment 2015 Act No. 87, SECTION 60, deleted "State and" following "sold for delinquent".

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