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 of tax sale), the unknown owner’s heirs, devisees, and personal representatives and their or any of their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, grantees, assigns, or successors in right, title and interest,” and the unknown owner shall be so designated throughout the proceeding, and the cause shall proceed against the unknown owner by publication under order of the court as provided in this subtitle.
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