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Part I - Definitions
Section 14-801 - Definitions - (a) In §§ 14–801 through 14–854 of this subtitle, the...
Part II - Liens
Section 14-804 - Unpaid Taxes Are Lien on Real Property; Lien of Unpaid Taxes on Personal Property; Lien on Deferred Property - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 14-805 - Priority of Liens - (a) From the date property tax on real property is...
Section 14-806 - Release of Liens to Facilitate Transfer of Vacant Property - (a) In this section, “Board” means the Board of Estimates...
Part III - Tax Sales
Section 14-808 - Sale by Collector; Exceptions - (a) (1) Except for property that has been transferred by...
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...
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...
Section 14-811 - Properties Which May Be Withheld From Sale - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (e) of...
Section 14-812 - Notice of Sale - (a) (1) At least 30 days before any property is...
Section 14-813 - Notice by Advertising; Expense a Lien on Property - (a) (1) At any time after 30 days from the...
Section 14-814 - Property to Be Sold as Entirety - Each parcel of property liable to sale shall be sold...
Section 14-815 - Not Necessary to Sell Personal Property of Owner - The power under this subtitle to sell property for the...
Section 14-816 - Sale of Property Subject to a Ground Rent - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 14-817 - Sale at Public Auction - (a) (1) (i) The sale shall be held on the...
Section 14-817.1 - Sale at Public Auction -- Notice to Owner After Sale - (a) Within 60 days after a property is sold at...
Section 14-818 - Payment of Purchase Price - (a) (1) (i) The payment of the purchase price and...
Section 14-819 - Owner Unlocated - (a) If the person entitled to the balance over and...
Section 14-820 - Certificate of Sale -- in General - (a) The collector shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate...
Section 14-821 - Certificate of Sale -- Assignment - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 14-822 - Certificate of Sale -- Recording - The purchaser may record the certificate of sale and any...
Section 14-823 - Certificate of Sale -- as Evidence - The certificate of sale or assignment of the certificate of...
Section 14-824 - Purchase by County Commissioners or Other Taxing Agencies -- in General - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...
Section 14-825 - Purchase by County Commissioners or Other Taxing Agencies -- Right to Sell Property - When the governing body of a county or other taxing...
Section 14-826 - Purchase by Governing Body of County or Other Taxing Agencies or Transfer to Land Bank Authority -- Payment of Tax Claims of Other Taxing Agencies or of the State - When any property on which there are unpaid taxes due...
Section 14-827 - Right of Redemption - The owner or other person that has an estate or...
Section 14-828 - Required Payments; Interest Rate on Redemption; Notice to Holder of Certificate; Execution of Certificate - (a) (1) If the property is redeemed, the person redeeming...
Section 14-829 - Fixing Amount Necessary for Redemption After Action to Foreclose Instituted - (a) If the property is redeemed after an action to...
Section 14-830 - Rights During Redemption Period; Receivers; Possession and Rents; Conservation Expenses Added to Redemption Amount - (a) The owner of any property sold under the provisions...
Section 14-831 - Assessment During Redemption Period; Assessment to Certificate Holder; Subsequent Taxes Must Be Paid Before Deed Is Delivered - Until a judgment is issued by the circuit court that...
Section 14-832 - Construction of Sections - The provisions of §§ 14–832.1 through 14–854 of this subtitle...
Section 14-832.1 - Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption by Tax Sale Purchasers in Queen Anne's County - In Queen Anne’s County, whenever, prior to July 1, 1985,...
Section 14-832.2 - Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption by Tax Sale Purchasers in Queen Anne's County -- Ratified and Confirmed Sales - In Queen Anne’s County, whenever, prior to July 1, 1985,...
Section 14-832.3 - Foreclosure of Rights of Redemption by Tax Sale Purchasers in Queen Anne's County -- Proceedings to Set Aside or Modify Title - In Queen Anne’s County, when any tax sale made prior...
Section 14-833 - Complaints by Holders of Certificates of Sale to Foreclose Right of Redemption; Exceptions - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 14-834 - Jurisdiction of Court - The circuit court, on the filing of a complaint to...
Section 14-835 - Form of Complaint - (a) A person shall file a complaint in the circuit...
Section 14-836 - Parties - (a) The plaintiff in any action to foreclose the right...
Section 14-837 - How Unknown Owner Made Party - When an owner cannot be ascertained as provided in §...
Section 14-838 - Affidavit of Search - Every complaint to foreclose the right of redemption filed against...
Section 14-839 - Issuance of Process - (a) (1) The plaintiff shall show in the title of...
Section 14-840 - Notice by Publication - At the same time the summons is issued as provided...
Section 14-842 - Validity of Taxes and Sale Presumed Unless Attacked in Answer - In any proceeding to foreclose the right of redemption, it...
Section 14-843 - Plaintiff or Holder of Certificate of Sale Reimbursed for Expenses Incurred - (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 14-844 - Final Order - (a) After the time limit set in the order of...
Section 14-845 - Reopening Judgments; Judgment Conclusive - (a) A court in the State may not reopen a...
Section 14-846 - Judgment Bars Redemption Only in Property Described Therein - When a complaint to foreclose the right of redemption, as...
Section 14-847 - Purchaser's Deed; Failure to Comply With Terms of Judgment as to Payments - (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this...
Section 14-848 - Judgment Declaring Sale Void - If the judgment of the court declares the sale void...
Section 14-849 - Sale of Property for Failure to Pay Alley Assessment Charge in Baltimore City - (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in Baltimore City,...
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...
Section 14-850 - Obtaining Possession - Any person who acquires a deed to property under this...
Section 14-851 - Repeal of Inconsistent Acts; Allegany County Exempt - Any act, whether public general or public local, inconsistent with...
Section 14-852 - Tax Sales - When land is sold to pay county or State taxes,...
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...
Section 14-854 - Special Provision for Less Than Full Year Property - Property on which property tax is computed under §§ 10-103,...
Part IV - Actions to Collect Tax
Section 14-864 - Action to Collect Tax -- in General - On or before 7 years from the date the tax...
Section 14-865 - Duty to Request Action - (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this...
Section 14-866 - Duty to Initiate Action; Compromise of Claim - (a) If a request is made under § 14-865 of...
Section 14-867 - Attachment Authorized; Attachment Bond - (a) (1) An action under § 14-866 of this subtitle...
Section 14-868 - Naming of Plaintiff - The plaintiff named in an action under § 14-866 of...
Section 14-869 - Judicial Proceeding Generally - (a) If the plaintiff in an action under § 14–866...
Section 14-870 - Collection of Penalty Assessed Under 14-704 - A penalty assessed against a person under § 14-704 of...
Part V - Judicial in Rem Tax Foreclosure
Section 14-873 - Definitions - (a) In this part the following words have the meanings...
Section 14-874 - Foreclosure and Sale of Real Property - (a) Real property may be subject to foreclosure and sale...
Section 14-875 - In Rem Foreclosure Action -- Complaint - (a) A county or municipal corporation may file a complaint...
Section 14-876 - In Rem Foreclosure Action -- Hearing - (a) A circuit court may not set a hearing for...
Part VI - Tax Sale Reports
Section 14-879 - Tax Sale Reports - (a) (1) The Department shall conduct an annual survey of...
Section 14-880 - Annual Report -- Data Collected -- Publication and Submission of Report - (a) Each year, the Department shall issue a report that...
Part VII - Homeowner Protection Program (Part Effective July 1, 2022.)
Section 14-883 - Definitions - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-884 - Homeowner Protection Program -- Purpose of Program - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-885 - Eligible Homeowners -- Process Established -- Annual Determination of Number of Enrollees -- No Local Costs Contributions Required - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-886 - Application by Homeowner -- Online or by Mail -- Ombudsman -- Enrollment Canceled -- Notice of Cancellation -- Reasons and Timing of Cancellation - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-887 - Enrollment of Homeowner Before or After Lien Is Sold at Tax Sale -- Payment by Department After Homeowner Enrolled -- Outstanding Tax Debt -- Lien by Department - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-888 - Efforts by Ombudsman for Enrollee -- Communication With Homeowner -- Assistance -- Forgiveness of Tax Debt - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-889 - Interest on Unpaid Taxes -- Additional Charges Prohibited - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-890 - Foreclosure and Sale of Dwelling of Formerly Enrolled Homeowner -- Restrictions -- Initiation of in Rem Foreclosure -- Items Included in Complaint -- Amended Complaint -- Cure of Delinquent Taxes -- Court Hearing -- Entry of Judgment... - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...
Section 14-891 - Homeowner Protection Fund -- Purpose -- Fund Sources -- Budget Appropriation -- Use of Fund -- Investments and Expenditures -- Exclusive Source - ** TAKES EFFECT JULY 1, 2022 PER CHAPTER 382 OF...