Sec. 7.5. (a) This section applies to a county having a consolidated city.

(b) The county auditor shall provide the metropolitan development commission with a list of real property:

(1) included on the list prepared under IC 6-1.1-24-1.5;

(2) for which a certificate of sale has been issued; and

(3) for which the holder of the certificate has not requested the county auditor to execute and deliver a deed.

(c) The metropolitan development commission shall, within a reasonable time after receiving a list under subsection (b), identify any property described under subsection (b) that the metropolitan development commission desires to acquire for urban homesteading under IC 36-7-17 or IC 36-7-17.1 or for redevelopment purposes under IC 36-7-15.1. The metropolitan development commission shall then provide the county auditor with a list of the properties identified under this subsection.

(d) The county auditor shall execute and deliver a deed for any property identified under subsection (c) to the metropolitan development commission.

(e) The county auditor shall execute and deliver a deed to the county for any property:

(1) included in the notice prepared under subsection (b); and

(2) not identified under subsection (c).

(f) The metropolitan development commission and the county may not pay for any property acquired under subsection (d) or (e). However, a taxing unit having an interest in the taxes on the real property shall be credited with the full amount of the delinquent tax due to that unit.

As added by P.L.87-1987, SEC.10. Amended by P.L.39-1994, SEC.20; P.L.31-1994, SEC.8; P.L.2-1995, SEC.29; P.L.118-2013, SEC.10.