Maryland Appellate Court Affirms Decision Declaring Property Tax Sale Certificate Void

The Maryland Appellate Court affirmed the decision of the Circuit Court for Baltimore City to vacate its earlier judgment foreclosing the right of redemption and declaring a property tax sale certificate void in a case where a property owner had paid the property taxes owed prior to the tax sale. The court held that the tax sale was null and void because no taxes were owed, and the circuit court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the foreclosure action based upon a void tax sale. The court further held there was constructive fraud due to mistakes by the city and misrepresentations by ...