TITLE 43

IRRIGATION DISTRICTS

CHAPTER 7

LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS

43-718.  Affidavit of compliance. (1) At least five (5) days before the tax deed is to be issued, the treasurer or the owner of the tax certificate shall make an affidavit of compliance stating that he or she has complied with the conditions of issuance of notice of pending issuance of tax deed described in section 43-717, Idaho Code, and stating particularly the facts relied on as constituting such compliance.

(2)  Such affidavit shall be delivered to the secretary of the district to be by such officer entered on the records of his or her office and carefully preserved among the files of such office. The treasurer or the owner of the tax certificate shall also cause to be filed with the secretary of the district an affidavit by the publisher of each newspaper in which notice of the pending issuance of the tax deed was printed and published, which affidavits of publication shall be filed and preserved among the files of the office of such secretary. Such record or affidavit shall be prima facie evidence that such notice has been given.

(3)  Any person who knowingly and intentionally swears falsely to facts averred in such affidavit shall be guilty of perjury and be punished by [a] fine of not more than three hundred dollars ($300).

History:

[43-718, added 1994, ch. 144, sec. 5, p. 321.]