§2345 Deeds; Form and Provisions

Summary

When the Commission sells property under this chapter, the deeds must be simple and can include any title guarantees, promises, or protections the Commission thinks are needed. For dormitories, apartment buildings, or rental housing projects, the Commission may keep or get the right to name future occupants to help make housing available for Commission employees and its contractors. In transfers under sections 2321 and 2342, the Commission can set rules about how the property is used and about health and safety, but those rules end no later than one year after the city is incorporated or, for Los Alamos, after June 30, 1966. A deed may make the buyer and their heirs or successors pay for local services at rates no higher than the average tax for similar services nearby. Unpaid amounts, plus interest and costs, become a lien for the United States from the date they become delinquent, but that lien is not effective against a mortgagee, pledgee, purchaser, or judgment creditor until notice is filed under the state law or in the U.S. district court clerk’s office if the state has no filing law. The Commission can also require that any payments it makes instead of property taxes or assessments be fairly prorated.