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2012 SESSION
HB 1128 Real property tax; attorney to request commissioner of revenue to correct assessment of property.
Introduced by: Joseph P. Johnson, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Delinquent real property taxes. Modifies procedures governing delinquent real property taxes by (i) requiring the attorney for a locality who handles delinquent real property taxes to request the commissioner of the revenue to correct land records that incorrectly report property as having delinquent taxes and requiring the attorney, if necessary, to petition the court to make such correction; (ii) requiring the owner of real property to pay all delinquent town taxes, in addition to paying delinquent county taxes under current law, in order to stop a judicial sale of the property; and (iii) conditioning a court's referral of a judicial sale to a commissioner of chancery for a ruling prior to sale, upon a proper objection having been made by an interested party.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Delinquent real property taxes. Modifies procedures governing delinquent real property taxes by (i) requiring the commissioner of the revenue to correct land records that incorrectly report property as having delinquent taxes; (ii) requiring the owner of real property to pay all delinquent town taxes, in addition to paying delinquent county taxes under current law, in order to stop a judicial sale of the property; and (iii) conditioning a court's referral of a judicial sale to a commissioner of chancery for a ruling prior to sale, upon a proper objection having been made by an interested party.