§ 8-540. Service of notice.

(a)

The notice shall be personally served or sent by regular mail or certified mail, return receipt requested, and where the property is either vacant or unoccupied, notice may also be posted in a reasonable manner on the property, or, where the owner, representative or tenant is unknown or is a nonresident of the state, the unified government clerk shall publish a notice of abatement in the official unified government newspaper. If notice is mailed, it shall be sent, postage prepaid, to the address that is in violation or the address listed with the county for the purpose of paying taxes on the property.

(b)

If the notice is mailed to the address set forth in subsection (a) of this section, then notice is deemed sufficient whether or not the notice is actually received or is returned.

(c)

Failure to sign for the certified return, receipt requested, mail notice from the unified government or failure to pick up said notice from the post office within 15 days shall not be deemed a lack of notice under this article where delivery was attempted and a record of this attempt was provided as required by procedures for restricted mail.

(Code 1988, § 8-580; Ord. No. 65619, § 11, 4-19-1991; Ord. No. 65794, § 3, 4-1-1993)