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Section 14-808 – Sale by Collector; Exceptions

    (a)    (1)    Except for property that has been transferred by a municipality or county to a land bank authority established under § 1–1403 of the Local Government Article, and except as provided under § 14–811 of this subtitle, the collector shall proceed to sell and shall sell under this subtitle, at the time required by local law […]

Section 14-809 – Sale by Municipal Collector After Notice to County Collector; Special Provisions as to Calvert County and Garrett County

    (a)    (1)    When a property in a municipal corporation is delinquent in the payment of municipal corporation taxes or charges levied against the property, the appropriate municipal corporation official charged with the collection of taxes shall notify the collector of the county of the unpaid taxes or charges on the property.         (2)    If the procedures of this subtitle […]

Section 14-810 – Notice to Other Taxing Agencies; Certification of Taxes Due Other Agencies; Failure to Certify; Deductions From Collections in Cecil and Carroll Counties; Collection Fees in Code Counties

    (a)    At least 60 days before the mailing of the notices required by § 14–812 of this subtitle, the collector shall notify all other taxing agencies in the county in which the collector is elected or appointed, except the State, of the collector’s intention to hold a tax sale of property on which taxes are in […]

Section 14-811 – Properties Which May Be Withheld From Sale

    (a)    Except as provided in subsections (b) and (e) of this section, the collector may withhold from sale any property, when the total taxes on the property, including interest and penalties, amount to less than $250 in any 1 year.     (b)    (1)    The collector may withhold from sale any residential property, when the total taxes on the property, […]

Section 14-812 – Notice of Sale

    (a)    (1)    At least 30 days before any property is first advertised for sale under this subtitle, the collector shall have mailed to the person who last appears as owner of the property on the collector’s tax roll, at the last address shown on the tax roll, a statement giving the name of the person, and the […]

Section 14-813 – Notice by Advertising; Expense a Lien on Property

    (a)    (1)    At any time after 30 days from the mailing of the statement and notice, the collector shall cause to be published, 4 times, once a week for 4 successive weeks in 1 or more newspapers that have a general circulation in the county in which the property is located, a notice that the property will, […]

Section 14-816 – Sale of Property Subject to a Ground Rent

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, when any property subject to sale under this subtitle is subject to a ground rent or lease for a term of 99 years renewable forever, the collector shall sell the leasehold interest only, with the improvements erected on the leasehold interest, if any; provided, however, that […]

Section 14-817 – Sale at Public Auction

    (a)    (1)    (i)    The sale shall be held on the day and at the place stated in the notice by advertising.             (ii)    The sale shall be held in the county in which the land to be sold is located.             (iii)    If the sale cannot be completed on that day, the collector shall continue the sale as determined by the collector […]

Section 14-817.1 – Sale at Public Auction — Notice to Owner After Sale

    (a)    Within 60 days after a property is sold at a tax sale, the collector shall send to the person who last appears as owner of the property on the collector’s tax roll, at the last address shown on the tax roll, a notice that includes:         (1)    a statement that the property has been sold to satisfy […]

Section 14-818 – Payment of Purchase Price

    (a)    (1)    (i)    The payment of the purchase price and the high–bid premium, if any, shall be on the terms required by the collector. Except as provided in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of this paragraph and § 14–826 of this subtitle, the collector shall require the purchaser to pay, not later than the day after the sale, the […]

Section 14-819 – Owner Unlocated

    (a)    If the person entitled to the balance over and above the amount required for the payment of taxes, interest, penalties, and costs of sale is unknown, or if the person’s identity is known but the person’s address is unknown, the sum to which the person is entitled shall be held by the collector in a […]

Section 14-820 – Certificate of Sale — in General

    (a)    The collector shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of sale under the collector’s hand and seal, or by the collector’s authorized facsimile signature, acknowledged by the collector as a conveyance of land, which certificate shall set forth:         (1)    that the property described in it was sold by the collector to the purchaser;         (2)    the date of […]

Section 14-821 – Certificate of Sale — Assignment

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, any certificate of sale executed and delivered by the collector to the purchaser is assignable and an assignment of the certificate of sale vests in the assignee, or the legal representative of the assignee, all the right, title, and interest of the original purchaser. The assignment […]

Section 14-822 – Certificate of Sale — Recording

    The purchaser may record the certificate of sale and any assignment of the certificate of sale among the land records of the county in which the property is located, but failure to record does not affect the right to institute foreclosure proceedings as provided in this subtitle.

Section 14-823 – Certificate of Sale — as Evidence

    The certificate of sale or assignment of the certificate of sale is presumptive evidence in all courts in all proceedings by and against the purchaser, and the purchaser’s representatives, heirs and assigns, of the truth of the statements in the certificate of sale or assignment of the certificate of sale, of the title of the […]

Section 14-824 – Purchase by County Commissioners or Other Taxing Agencies — in General

    (a)    Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the governing body of a county or other taxing agency shall buy in and hold any property in their respective counties offered for sale for nonpayment of any taxes for which there is no private purchaser.     (b)    (1)    The governing body of a county or other taxing agency […]