(a)
(1) When the timber rights in any land shall, by conveyance or otherwise, be held by one (1) or more persons, firms, or corporations, and the fee simple in the land by one (1) or more other persons, firms, or corporations, it shall be the duty of the county assessor, when advised of the fact, either by personal notice or by recording of the deeds in the office of the recorder of the county, to assess the timber rights in the lands separate from the soil.
(2) In such a case, a sale of the timber rights for nonpayment of taxes shall not affect the title to the soil itself, nor shall a sale of the latter for nonpayment of taxes affect the title to the timber rights.
(b)
(1) It shall be the duty of the county assessor to assess timber rights with a description of the land on the real estate tax books, and the assessment shall be marked "timber".
(2) Upon the nonpayment of taxes so assessed against the timber, it shall be advertised with a description of the land as "timber" giving the character or kind of the timber, in some newspaper as provided by law for nonpayment of taxes on land, and the timber shall be sold as provided by law for the sale of delinquent lands.
(c) When any timber rights assessed as set out in this section become forfeited on account of nonpayment of taxes, they shall, in all things, be certified to and redeemed in the same manner as is provided for the certification and redemption of real estate upon which taxes duly assessed have not been paid.
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