(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 may buy in and hold any abandoned property for which there is no private purchaser for the amount of the minimum bid set pursuant to § 14–817(c)(2) of this subtitle.
(2) The governing body of a county or other taxing agency may transfer any interest it acquires in abandoned property to a land bank authority established under § 1–1403 of the Local Government Article of which the governing body or other taxing agency is a member.
(c) The governing body of the county, a land bank authority established under § 1–1403 of the Local Government Article of which the county is a member, and other taxing agency have the same rights and remedies with regard to the property as other purchasers, including the right to foreclose the right of redemption.
(d) A certificate of sale in the form provided in this subtitle shall be issued by the collector in the name of the governing body of the county or other taxing agency.
Structure Maryland Statutes
Section 14-808 - Sale by Collector; Exceptions
Section 14-811 - Properties Which May Be Withheld From Sale
Section 14-812 - Notice of Sale
Section 14-813 - Notice by Advertising; Expense a Lien on Property
Section 14-814 - Property to Be Sold as Entirety
Section 14-815 - Not Necessary to Sell Personal Property of Owner
Section 14-816 - Sale of Property Subject to a Ground Rent
Section 14-817 - Sale at Public Auction
Section 14-817.1 - Sale at Public Auction -- Notice to Owner After Sale
Section 14-818 - Payment of Purchase Price
Section 14-819 - Owner Unlocated
Section 14-820 - Certificate of Sale -- in General
Section 14-821 - Certificate of Sale -- Assignment
Section 14-822 - Certificate of Sale -- Recording
Section 14-823 - Certificate of Sale -- as Evidence
Section 14-824 - Purchase by County Commissioners or Other Taxing Agencies -- in General
Section 14-825 - Purchase by County Commissioners or Other Taxing Agencies -- Right to Sell Property
Section 14-827 - Right of Redemption
Section 14-829 - Fixing Amount Necessary for Redemption After Action to Foreclose Instituted
Section 14-832 - Construction of Sections
Section 14-832.1 - Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption by Tax Sale Purchasers in Queen Anne's County
Section 14-834 - Jurisdiction of Court
Section 14-835 - Form of Complaint
Section 14-837 - How Unknown Owner Made Party
Section 14-838 - Affidavit of Search
Section 14-839 - Issuance of Process
Section 14-840 - Notice by Publication
Section 14-842 - Validity of Taxes and Sale Presumed Unless Attacked in Answer
Section 14-843 - Plaintiff or Holder of Certificate of Sale Reimbursed for Expenses Incurred
Section 14-845 - Reopening Judgments; Judgment Conclusive
Section 14-846 - Judgment Bars Redemption Only in Property Described Therein
Section 14-847 - Purchaser's Deed; Failure to Comply With Terms of Judgment as to Payments
Section 14-848 - Judgment Declaring Sale Void
Section 14-849 - Sale of Property for Failure to Pay Alley Assessment Charge in Baltimore City
Section 14-849.1 - Sale of Property to Enforce Lien for Water and Sewer Service
Section 14-850 - Obtaining Possession
Section 14-851 - Repeal of Inconsistent Acts; Allegany County Exempt
Section 14-853 - Purchase by the State of Property Taken in Execution of State Suit to Recover Taxes
Section 14-854 - Special Provision for Less Than Full Year Property