Lands which have been sold to the state for taxes shall be assessed in proportion to their true value, if the time for redemption has not expired, and if any of that, subject to redemption, be redeemed from the state, all taxes for which it was sold and damages and costs, and all subsequently accruing state, county, or other taxes due on it up to and including the year of redemption, if the county taxes have been levied at the date of redemption, shall be paid by the person redeeming it.Codes, 1871, § 1678; 1880, § 493; 1892, § 3778; 1906, § 4287; Hemingway's 1917, § 6921; 1930, § 3152; 1942, § 9776; Laws, 1980, ch. 505, § 10, eff. 5/16/1980.
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