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HB 21

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Property Tax - Tax Sales - Notices and Payoff Amount for Redemption

Sponsor: Delegate AtterbearyCommittee: Ways and MeansSubject: Taxes - PropertyStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 274 (as of Nov 9, 2023)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Requiring that the holder of a certificate of sale include the e-mail address of certain persons in certain notices required to be sent to certain persons with an interest in a property that is sold at a tax sale; authorizing certain persons with an interest in owner-occupied property sold at a tax sale to request the current payoff amount to redeem the property; providing that the payoff amount to redeem the property provided by the holder of the certificate to the owner of the property is valid for 30 days; etc.

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Testimony (20)

MGA witness list
FAV 14FavorableFWA 3Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVGlaser, JonathanDept. of Assessments & TaxationOral
FAVHiggs, Director MichaelDept. of Assessments & TaxationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVHiggs, Director MichaelDept. of Assessments & TaxationOral + Written (PDF)
FAVThompson, JeffreyMaryland Land Title AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVOgburn, LeeMaryland Legal AidOral + Written (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Oral + Written (PDF)
FAVEllis, DanNeighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore, Inc.Written (PDF)
FAVHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVHarris, AllisonPro Bono Resource Center of MarylandWritten (PDF)
FAVYeager, BobState Dept. of Assessments & Taxation (SDAT)Oral
FAVKern, JohnThe SOS FundWritten (PDF)
FAVDelegate Atterbeary, Delegate AtterbearylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVDelegate Atterbeary, Delegate AtterbearylegislatorIndividualOral
FAVWilson Randall, ClaudiaIndividualPosition only
UNFPlaut, ArilobbyistBoston Plaut Attorneys at LawOral
UNFBoston, FrankIndividualOral
UNFKenny, HeidiIndividualOral
FWAPlaut, ArilobbyistBoston Plaut Attorneys at LawOral
FWAEnten, RobertMd Bankers AssocOral
FWABoston, FrankIndividualOral

Organizations on record

Registered lobbyists who testified

UNFPlaut, AriBoston Plaut Attorneys at LawRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC
FWAPlaut, AriBoston Plaut Attorneys at LawRegistered for: ADT, LLC dba ADT Security Services; Altria Client Services LLC and its Affiliates - Philip Morris USA Inc., John Middleton Co., U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co., Helix Innovations LLC & NJOY, LLC; Amazon.com Services, Inc c/o Frank D. Boston III, Attorney at Law; Baltimore City Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 3; CoinFlip; Crown MD Online Gaming LLC