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of tax, penalty and interest due up to the date the tax notice is mailed and a correct description of the property. Second Party shall keep adequate records of the tax notice mailed so that First Party can verify that such notices were mailed. Once the tax notice has been mailed to the owner or owners as shown on the tax roll, the records of tax notices mailed and the tax statement shall be made available upon request to First Party for its information and use. In the event that the taxes, together with penalty and interest, are not paid within thirty (30) days from the date such notices are mailed, then Second Party shall prepare, file and institute, as soon a::; T)t'a~ti"'91 thereafter, a suit (':\1" an int~rve"tioTl it" an e""i""tin~ Quit bro'\gM "~7 1""""tò"'r political subdivision), for the collection of said taxes, penalty and interest, which suit Ol~ intervention shall include all past due taxes for all previous years on such tract or tracts; and where there are several lots in the same addition or subdivision which have delinquent taxes, belonging to the same owner or owners, all said delinquent lots may be made the subject of a single suit, which suit shall be prosecuted with dispatch to final judgment and sale unless said taxes and associated costs are sooner collected. IV. Second Party, in preparation for mailing notices for the enforced collection of delinquent taxes on real property, shall, on the tax statements prepared under Paragraph III, show the amount of delinquent taxes due against each and every tract, lot or parcel of land, and shall show the number of acres so delinquent and a correct description of the property, the year or years delinquent, and how it was charged upon the tax roll. This statement shall further contain the name of the owner or owners of the property at the time it became delinquent as indicated by the delinquent tax records. Further, when suit becomes necessary, the petition shall also indicate the current owner and any other pertinent information gained through a diligent search. It shall further show the name of any and all outstanding lienholders of record, and all other information necessary for the proper preparation and filing of suits for the collection of delinquent taxes. Second Party shall perform these services at Second Party's own cost and expense; however, where it is necessary to file suit for the enforced collection of delinquent taxes on real property, Second Party shall have the authority to procure on behalf of First Party the necessary additional data ind information as to the name, identity and location of necessary parties and to procure necessary legal descriptions of the property and may sue in the name of First Party for the recovery of the actual cost of Second Party's information as costs, pursuant to the provisions of Sec. 33.48, Texas Property Tax Code. It is agreed and understood that First Party will not be liable for any of the above mentioned costs.