Whenever any user is delinquent in the payment of the obligations imposed under this part, the board or its authorized representative may collect the amount due in the following manner: The board may seize any property, real or personal, subject to the lien of the tax and thereafter sell the property, or a sufficient part of it, at public auction to pay the tax due together with any interest and penalties imposed for the delinquency and any cost incurred on account of the seizure and sale.