Section 982. Notice to non-residents in towns

1.  Any  person  or
  corporation, who or which owns or  has  an  interest  in  real  property
  liable  to  taxation  in  a town and is a non-resident thereof, may file
  with the town clerk thereof a notice stating (a) his name, residence and
  post-office address, or in case of a corporation, its principal  office,
  (b)  a  description  of the property sufficient to identify the same and
  (c) if situated in a village  or  school  district,  the  name  of  each
  village  and  number  and  designation  of  each  school  district,  and
  requesting that statements of all town,  village  and  school  taxes  be
  delivered  to  him  by  registered  mail. Such notice shall be valid and
  continue in effect until cancelled by such person or corporation.
    2. The town clerk shall, within five days after the  delivery  of  the
  warrants  for  the  collection  of taxes in the town, village and school
  district, respectively, in which such real property is situated, furnish
  the collecting officer thereof with  a  transcript  of  all  notices  so
  filed.  Each  such  collecting officer shall, within five days after the
  receipt of such transcript, send by registered mail to  each  person  or
  corporation  filing  such  notice,  at  the  post-office  address stated
  therein, a statement of the amount of taxes due and the times and places
  at which the same may be paid.
    3. If the statement is not  furnished  as  herein  provided,  no  fee,
  penalty  or  interest  shall  be charged for the collection of any taxes
  with respect to which the statement was not sent, provided  the  tax  is
  paid before the collecting officer makes his return of unpaid taxes.
    4.  The  town  clerk  shall be entitled to receive a fee of one dollar
  from each person  or  corporation  filing  a  notice  pursuant  to  this
  section,  which  shall  be  payment  in  full  for all services rendered
  hereunder.  The expenses for postage, printing and  stationery  required
  in   sending  such  statements  by  town,  village  or  school  district
  collecting officers shall be a charge on the  town,  village  or  school
  district  as the case may be, except that the expense of registering the
  statements shall be added to the taxes due.