§ 9.05. Tax lien and liability.  


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  • A special lien is hereby created on all taxable property, located in the city, in favor of the city for all taxes, ad valorem, occupational or otherwise. Said lien shall exist from January 1st in each year until the taxes are paid. Such lien shall be prior to all other claims, and no gift, sale, assignment or transfer of any kind, can ever defeat such lien, but the tax assessor-collector can pursue such property and whenever found may, by judicial writ, seize and sell enough thereof to satisfy such taxes.