12-151


Chapter 12.--CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES


Article 1.--GENERAL PROVISIONS

     
12-151.   Property of city exempt from levy, execution and sale;
judgments not lien on property.

Except for judicial tax foreclosure, all lands, buildings, monies, debts
due the city, and all other property and other assets of every description
belonging to any city shall be exempt from levy, execution and sale, and no
judgment against a city shall be a charge or lien on such property:
Provided, That nothing herein shall relieve a city from the obligation
of levying taxes or otherwise providing funds to pay judgments, and any
such taxes levied or funds provided for such purpose shall not be exempt
from any appropriate judicial process to enforce a judgment.

     
History:   L. 1970, ch. 68, § 1; July 1.