§ 8.14. Failure to Pay Real Estate Taxes.

All City taxes, including assessments, interest or other charges, upon real property remaining uncollected by the treasurer on March 1 following the date when said amounts become payable, or one year thereafter in case an installment collection ordinance applies thereto, shall be subject to one of the following procedures:

(a) The real property against which such taxes, assessments, interest or other charges have been assessed shall be subject to sale or redemption for the enforcement and collection thereof in the manner which may be provided by ordinance. The Council is hereby empowered to adopt an ordinance providing for the sale and redemption of real property for such unpaid taxes, assessments, interest and other charges by sale conducted by the City Treasurer, with a redemption period as provided for sales by county treasurers, and foreclosure of the lien and perfection of the sale by petition duly filed in the Circuit Court for the County of Ionia followed by a decree or order thereof.

(b) If no such ordinance is adopted and in effect, then such taxes, assessments, interest and other charges shall be returned to the County Treasurer in the manner provided by law for returns by township treasurers for township, county and school taxes, and the same shall be collected in the same manner by the County Treasurer, and shall remain a lien upon the property against which they are assessed or chargeable until paid.