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Nebraska

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A private third party must pay a former homeowner for the surplus proceeds from a tax foreclosure because the entity performed an unconstitutional ...

South Carolina

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The dispute arose from a 2017 tax sale of the delinquent taxpayer's 2.54-acre undeveloped property in rural Clarendon County. Because mailed notice of ...

Nebraska

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The decision requires that Sandra Nieveen and Kevin Fair be compensated for the extra equity taken from them when their homes' tax liens were bought ...

Pennsylvania

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The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Aug. 21 reversed the trial court's order denying the taxpayer's petition to set aside the tax sale of her ...

New York

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... Tax Law recognizes trespass as a defense to a tax lien foreclosure in a case involving the temporary incidents of ownership of brownfield property ...

Michigan

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[2] This legislative development was not the only Tyler-related change in the tax lien industry in July. Check out our post on recent legislative ...

Massachusetts

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In a landmark shift towards protecting delinquent taxpayer's interest in surplus funds generated from tax lien foreclosures, Massachusetts enacted ...

Illinois

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“Once property taxes become delinquent the property tax code provides that the treasurer may apply in circuit court for judgment and order of sale.”.

Minnesota

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During the Tuesday, July 30 planning session of the Morrison County Board of Commissioners, Auditor/Treasurer Shannon Coyle provided a detailed ...

Pennsylvania

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The shutdown, prompted by a 2021 no-bid contract Sheriff Rochelle Bilal awarded to an online auction company, cost the city and school district an ...

Michigan

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Michigan counties can't get out of certain lawsuits to recoup profits from tax foreclosure sales after the state high court ruled Monday that a ...

North Carolina

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A new measure approved by the N.C. General Assembly, aimed at increasing collections of unpaid property taxes, is causing concern in localities ...

New Jersey

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The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, affirmed the denial of a motion to vacate a property tax lien foreclosure judgment under Rule ...

Maine

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A tax lien is a government's legal claim against a property when a tax debt is not paid. Public comment on the proposed tax

Louisiana

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... tax sale scheme differs from Minnesota's scheme in that Louisiana has a tax lien on the property and the ... Learn more about Bloomberg Tax or Log ...

Connecticut

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The Connecticut Superior Court ruled that the Tax Collector's deed conveying plaintiffs' property to defendant BTL Enterprise was void due to the ...

Iowa

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It was in March 2022 that an Affidavit by Tax-Title Holder was ... tax deed. Looking at the evidence in a light most favorable to Scheckel ...

New Jersey

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The New Jersey Legislature July 10 enacted a law revising the process for a property tax lien holder to foreclose the right to redeem a property ...

Vermont

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Tax sales allow municipalities to sell a resident's property if they fall behind on their taxes and then use the proceeds to cover the unpaid taxes.

North Carolina

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... tax lien and post a sign or other notice that references the lien. How many delinquent tax liens are there in your county each year? Mecklenburg ...

Massachusetts

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The city holds periodic auctions on outstanding tax liens, and Tallage ... lien because of $800 in back taxes. With the housing crisis we are ...

Mississippi

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The court found the tax sale purchaser was owed the tax sale purchase price plus statutory interest and taxes paid, while the homeowner was entitled ...

Georgia

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The government could not enforce a tax lien against property when it failed to prove Defendant had any ownership interest in the property, ...

Minnesota

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The sale of a tax forfeit parcel will have a “minimum bid” established based on what's owed. Revenue over and above this or “excess proceeds' will ...

Massachusetts

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“The tax lien foreclosure process set forth in Chapter 60 of the General Laws is unconstitutional.” The bill, according to Cusack, would bring Chapter ...

Pennsylvania

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Earlier this year the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court found that a real estate tax sale was properly voided where the County Tax Claim Bureau ...

South Dakota

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... delayed. She discovered that the West River Eagle published the official tax deed notice one week instead of the two weeks required by law.

Tennessee

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A lawsuit filed in federal court claims money is missing from one tax sale while the state has removed a judge from ruling on another tax sale.

Michigan

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The Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed that under MCL 211.78t, enacted in response to Rafaeli v. Oakland Co. (2020), former property owners must ...

New Jersey

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... tax sale auctions. The Tax Sale Law does not require municipalities or private investors to return surplus equity, though legislators are drafting ...

Ohio

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The Ohio Court of Appeals May 24 affirmed the Champaign County Court of Common Pleas decision granting summary judgment to the Champaign County ...

Tennessee

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The Tennessee Governor May 21 signed a law amending delinquent property tax provisions. The law provides: 1) procedures for selling parcels with ...

Connecticut

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The Connecticut Legislature May 20 enacted a law amending the waiver of interest on delinquent property taxes. The amendment requires that the tax ...

Texas

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The Texas Supreme Court April 26 held that though the statute of limitation barred a suit challenging a tax sale, the case was remanded due to the ...

Illinois

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A lawsuit against the city of Chicago alleging that sales of properties over tax debt were racially discriminatory has been dismissed.

Arkansas

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The Arkansas Attorney General issued an opinion addressing whether the state's law conflicts with the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Tyler v.

South Carolina

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In Grayson Dailey v. SC Home Holdings, LLC South Carolina Court of Appeals upheld the tax sale of real property in Lexington County over the ...

Alabama

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The Alabama Governor May 7 signed a law amending the provisions on tax delinquent properties and tax lien foreclosures.

Minnesota

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“This legislation funding the settlement agreement represents a critical step forward in moving past Minnesota's unconstitutional tax forfeiture laws ...

Colorado

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The Colorado Governor signed a law concerning property tax liens. The law changes the process for holders of a certificate of purchase of a tax ...

Idaho

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The Idaho Legislature passed legislation that seeks to close a loophole of government taking surplus proceeds in excess of debts owed.

New Jersey

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The New Jersey Legislature has introduced a bill that would require premium payment made to a municipality...

Wisconsin

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The Wisconsin State Legislature passed legislation relating to the county sale of tax-deeded lands. The bill, AB 969, awaits the governor’s signature.

Illinois

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... lien on the property. Property owners owe the private ... A judge can direct the county to issue a tax deed, transferring ownership to the investor.

Minnesota

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A tax debtor's wife should receive half the proceeds from their home's foreclosure and sale because Minnesota law gives her a property interest, ...

Minnesota

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... taxes. All tax-forfeited property would be offered for sale at a public auction. If the sale results in proceeds in excess of the delinquent taxes ...

Minnesota

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The proposal creates a new process that ensures fairness, allowing impacted parties to claim any surplus profits that arise from the sale of tax- ...

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... tax collection that would seriously curtail the tax lien industry and the states' ability to manage their own tax collection systems. The ...

Illinois

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He claims a county treasurer executes a tax deed taking the property into the hands of the county or a tax lien buyer who has purchased the back taxes ...

Pennsylvania

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County officials are implementing changes to the upset tax sale process aimed at providing increasing public outreach.

Massachusetts

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Several legal documents dealing with tax liens are stacked in a small pile. Documents from tax lien cases in Massachusetts courts. Illustration by ...

Maine

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The Act will provide that any money returned to the former owner of a property pursuant to a foreclosure sale due to nonpayment of taxes will be ...

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If property is sold at a tax sale for more than the taxes owed on the property, who has a right to the excess equity?

Arizona

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The Arizona Legislature is considering legislation that would amend the state’s tax lien redemption statutes.

California

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Sullivan and assistant tax collector Elizabeth Martinez presented the department's findings from their May 22, 2022, tax lien default sale, which ...

Maryland

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The Maryland Appellate Court affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to vacate its earlier judgment foreclosing the right of ...

New Jersey

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... tax sale certificates. The September 2016 settlement is fair and reasonable, and the appellant's allegations of unequal treatment of class members ...

Michigan

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The tax auction is intended to allow county treasurers to recoup unpaid taxes by foreclosing on properties whose owners are three years behind on tax ...

Pennsylvania

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The United States Court of Appeals for The Third Circuit issued an opinion affirming dismissal of a challenge to a Pennsylvania property tax sale ...

Maryland

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A controversial bill that could have increased tax sale foreclosures and evictions over water bill problems failed to pass last night on the last ...

Pennsylvania

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“The lack of Sheriff Sales continues to challenge the City's delinquent tax collection efforts,” the report states. “As a result, delinquency has ...

Florida

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The Florida Court of Appeal ruled on March 20 that delinquent taxpayer Everett Painting Company was entitled to surplus funds from a tax deed sale ...

Colorado

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Under Colorado's current real property tax lien statutes, a county treasurer is required by statute to issue a treasurer's deed for a property ...

Maryland

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"Don't panic, even if you do go to the tax sale option. Because the lien certificate is sold, and the investor purchases the right to foreclose at a ...

Missouri

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In 2012, the Missouri Department of Revenue filed a tax lien on him, and a judgment was entered for $12,628. His wages were garnished from GSM ...

Michigan

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Eastern District of Michigan issues opinion in Metro T Properties LLC v County of Wayne, has implications to tax lien investors because of Tyler v ...

South Dakota

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The county must remove an encroaching fence on a tax deed property by June 1, according to a letter by the South Dakota Department of ...

New York

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Two companies are suing Seneca County for keeping the windfall proceeds realized after a property tax foreclosure auctions.

Illinois

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The DuPage officials' brief says the tax sale laws in Illinois differ from those in Minnesota in an important way. “Illinois provides (the ...

Illinois

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Where a party has purchased delinquent taxes and filed for a tax deed but is subject to a sale in error, the county collector must refund the fees ...

Michigan

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Where an appeal has been filed involving the distribution of surplus proceeds resulting from a tax foreclosure sale of real property, the judgment ...

Florida

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This conference is where deals are made, business connections are forged, and opportunities open up. For anyone looking to grow their tax investing ...

Illinois

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... and sold over delinquent property taxes can sue to recover the equity they may have lost in the tax sale.

Vermont

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A tax sale gone wrong has led property owner Penny Flynn to sue the Town of Barton and Village of Orleans. A five bedroom house in the ...

Illinois

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Alden affiliate buys $1.75M of delinquent Cook County property taxes. Hedge fund known for Chicago Tribune ownership has real estate strategies. Alden ...

Vermont

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... tax sale scenario. Attorneys Grace Pazdan and Greg Fox, leading the case, emphasize the impact of tax sales on Vermont's vulnerable populations.

Oregon

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... auction are only allowed to keep the amount that the homeowner owed. It was common for local governments to keep the entire sale proceeds. Two ...

New Jersey

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New Jersey, like most other states, is seeking to revamp its tax sale system after a May ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Pennsylvania

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A federal tax lien presents challenges regarding efforts to address 106 Cottage Place in Pine Grove Twp. Landbank member Joe Whipp proposed an ...

Florida

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He noted there may be issues that taxes have not been paid on the property. “Liens against property in favor of a government survive a tax deed sale,” ...

Vermont

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... tax sale. With the assistance of attorneys from ... minus $6,549.78 that was owed in property taxes and unpaid utilities at the time of the tax sale.

Connecticut

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Taxes have been owed for about 10 years. The town would receive the principal of about $70,000 in the sale. The town has also chosen to initiate ...

New York

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Since 2013, the Greater Syracuse Land Bank has taken title to tax-delinquent properties ...

Missouri

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In the Matter of Foreclosure of Liens for Delinquent Land Taxes v. A&S Investments Group LLC (MLW No. 81015/Case No. ED111425 – 7 pages) (Missouri ...

Ohio

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Ohio Senate Bill 186 would prohibit properties from being transferred or subdivided unless all property taxes are paid up front, said Ohio Sen ...

New York

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New York is working on legislation to stop local governments from keeping surplus proceeds from tax-lien sales. ... tax-delinquent properties to the ...

Indiana

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After tax sale certificates are purchased, they can be used to obtain properties that haven't provided property taxes for as far back as 2015, Hackman ...

Vermont

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This was over a tax sale that took place in 2014 on four properties owned by the Billewiczes. According to the Vermont Supreme Court, in 2018 the ...

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That's for those who come on the investing side of tax liens, which makes tax liens into investable assets. Investors can benefit a local government ...

Maryland

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A veteran who almost lost his home in a tax sale has come to an agreement with Baltimore City to stay in the house.

Arizona

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A tax lien investor earns interest from the month they invest the money until the property owner redeems the lien and the investor is paid off. If a ...

Florida

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One of the firms that has been buying his tax sale certificates said it's ready to file to foreclose in the spring if Giuliani doesn't cough up more ...