Facts to be established; verification of complaint, effect

# (a)

that such delinquent taxes remain due and unpaid at the commencement of the action,

# (b)

that the collector has exercised due diligence to collect such delinquent taxes, and

# (c)

that he verily believes that such real property is income-producing, or, if the property is not income-producing, that it can be leased and thereby made to become income-producing, and that the collection of such delinquent taxes can be made through a receivership of the rents and income from such real property.

A verification of the complaint in the action shall be prima facie evidence of the facts therein stated.

L.1939, c. 362, p. 872, s. 6. Amended by L.1940, c. 32, s. 1; L.1953, c. 51, p. 896, s. 27.