Section 38-37-103 - Deputy trustee - successor in office

Each public trustee may appoint deputies who shall have the same power in all respects as the public trustee. All acts of a deputy public trustee shall have the same effect as though performed by the public trustee. If a public trustee dies, resigns, or is removed from office, or if a public trustee's term of office expires after selling any property under the term of a deed of trust and before executing a certificate of redemption or deed for the property, the public trustee's successor in office shall execute the certificate or deed in the same manner that the public trustee making such sale might have done.L. 90: Entire article R&RE, p. 1649, § 1, effective October 1. L. 2007: Entire section amended, p. 1830, § 3, effective June 1.This section is similar to former § 38-37-103, as it existed prior to 1990.