The sale must be at public auction, between nine o'clock in the forenoon and four o'clock in the afternoon, and the hour of the commencement of the sale must be fixed in the notice.
The sheriff shall receive and give a receipt for a sealed written bid submitted prior to the public auction. The sheriff may require all sealed written bids to be accompanied by payment of any fees required to be paid at the public auction by the purchaser, to be returned if the person submitting the sealed written bid is not the purchaser. The sheriff shall keep all written bids sealed until the commencement of the public auction, at which time the sheriff shall open and announce the written bids as though made in person.
[C51, § 1908; R60, § 3313; C73, § 3082; C97, § 4028; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 11728; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 626.80]
89 Acts, ch 123, §1
State or municipality as purchaser, chapter 569
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