(a) The Mayor shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale under the Mayor’s hand and seal or authorized facsimile signature (or a delegate’s hand and seal). The certificate shall set forth:
(1) The date of the certificate;
(2) That the real property described in it was sold by the Mayor to the purchaser;
(3) The date of the tax sale to which the certificate corresponds;
(4) The date of the sale to the purchaser, which shall be the same date as in paragraph (3) of this subsection, if the purchaser purchased the real property at the tax sale held under § 47-1346;
(5) The amount of taxes for which the real property was offered for sale at the original tax sale;
(6) The total amount of taxes owing at the time of sale to the purchaser;
(7) The purchase price;
(8) The amount of surplus;
(9) A description of the real property in substantially the same form as the description appearing on the Mayor’s tax roll;
(10) A statement that the rate of simple interest, upon redemption, shall be 1.5% per month or portion thereof on the amount paid for the real property, excluding surplus, beginning on the first day of the month immediately following the date of the tax sale or the date when the certificate of sale was assigned by the Mayor.
(11) The date when an action to foreclose the right of redemption may be filed; and
(12) That the certificate shall be void unless diligent proceedings to foreclose the right of redemption are brought within one year from the date of the certificate, and that if the certificate shall become void, all monies paid for the real property by the purchaser shall be forfeited to the District.
(b) Repealed.
(c) The certificate of sale shall be similar to the following form: