Section 14-849.1 – Sale of Property to Enforce Lien for Water and Sewer Service
(a) In Baltimore City, the Mayor and City Council may not sell a property to enforce a lien for unpaid charges for water and sewer service unless: (1) the lien is for at least $350; (2) the property is not: (i) a residential property; or (ii) real property that is exempt from taxation under § 7–204(1) or (2) of this […]
Section 14-850 – Obtaining Possession
Any person who acquires a deed to property under this subtitle is entitled to issuance of a writ for possession of the property under the Maryland Rules as if the person had obtained a judgment awarding possession of the property.
Section 14-835 – Form of Complaint
(a) A person shall file a complaint in the circuit court for the county in which the land is located, that states: (1) the fact of the issuance of the certificate of sale; (2) a description of the property in substantially the same form as the description appearing on the certificate of tax sale and, if the person […]
Section 14-851 – Repeal of Inconsistent Acts; Allegany County Exempt
Any act, whether public general or public local, inconsistent with the provisions of Parts I through III of this subtitle, is repealed to the extent of the inconsistency; but all laws repealed by this subtitle shall nevertheless remain in force in respect to any tax sale made or instituted before December 31, 1943. Any tax […]
Section 14-836 – Parties
(a) The plaintiff in any action to foreclose the right of redemption shall be the holder of the certificate of sale. (b) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the defendants in any action to foreclose the right of redemption shall be: (i) the record title holder of the property as disclosed by a search performed in accordance […]
Section 14-852 – Tax Sales
When land is sold to pay county or State taxes, or both, assessed on the land and in default, and the owner of the land at the time of the tax sale, the owner’s heirs, devisees, or assigns, severally, jointly or in continuous successive ownership have held the land sold in adverse possession for 7 […]
Section 14-837 – How Unknown Owner Made Party
When an owner cannot be ascertained as provided in § 14-836 of this subtitle, the unknown owner of the property may be included as a defendant by the following designation: “Unknown owner of property ….. (giving a description of the property in substantially the same form as the description that appears on the Collector’s certificate […]
Section 14-853 – Purchase by the State of Property Taken in Execution of State Suit to Recover Taxes
If property is taken in execution in a suit by the State to recover taxes, in order to protect the interest of the State the Comptroller may purchase the property for State use if the purchase price does not exceed the amount of the State’s demand and the cost and expenses of the sale.
Section 14-838 – Affidavit of Search
Every complaint to foreclose the right of redemption filed against an unknown owner as described in § 14-837 of this subtitle shall have attached to it an affidavit by the person making the search that the owner of the property or a part of the property is unknown, although a complete search of the records […]
Section 14-854 – Special Provision for Less Than Full Year Property
Property on which property tax is computed under §§ 10-103, 10-104, 10-105, 10-304, and 10-305 of this article may be sold for taxes only: (1) during a succeeding year; and (2) in accordance with the laws of the jurisdiction where the property is located.