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INTRODUCTORY*
CITY OF BALTIMORE
COUNCIL BILL R
(Resolution)
Introduced by: Councilmember Curran
A RESOLUTION ENTITLED
A COUNCIL RESOLUTION concerning
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Informational Hearing - Foreclosing Tax Liens
FOR the purpose of requesting that representatives from the Baltimore City Finance Department, HCD, and CARE brief the Council on the process by which tax liens are created and enforced, which agency is responsible for notifying residents of the placement of tax liens on their homes, and whether a better system for notification of citizens could be created.
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Currently in Baltimore City, there is a process for tax sales and foreclosures. The process begins with the Department of Finance sending a final bill and legal notice to the person whose name appears on the tax roll. Thirty days later, the pending tax sale is advertised in a local newspaper twice, once per week in alternate weeks. After the tax sale occurs, a tax sale certificate is issued to the purchaser, advising that proceedings to foreclose all rights of redemption must be brought between 6 and 24 months after the date of tax sale. At this point, the certificate holder must send written notice of proceedings to all defendants. The complaint must be sent by certified mail, with return receipt requested.
As a courtesy, Finance sends letters in early April that provide the homeowner with a final payment date by which to pay the lien and exclude the property from the pending tax sale, as well as...
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