From the proceeds of the sale of any real property, the costs charged thereto shall first be paid. When the plaintiff is a private person, firm, or corporation, the balance thereof, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be paid to the plaintiff. When the plaintiff is a governmental subdivision other than a land bank, or is a municipal corporation or drainage or irrigation district, the balance thereof, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be paid to the county treasurer for distribution to the various governmental subdivisions, municipal corporations, or drainage or irrigation districts entitled thereto in discharge of all claims, excluding any lien on real estate for special assessments levied by any sanitary and improvement district which special assessments have not been previously offered for sale by the county treasurer. When the plaintiff is a land bank, the balance thereof, or so much thereof as is necessary, shall be paid to the land bank.