LD 320
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Page 2 of 3 An Act To Limit Property Acquired by Municipalities due to Tax Delinquency ... LD 320 Title Page
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LR 927
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SUMMARY

 
This bill is intended to reduce the amount of residential and
commercial property acquired by municipalities for nonpayment of
taxes by establishing procedures for the development of payment
plans both before and after the property is acquired by a
municipality. Municipalities are required to establish
procedures for payment plans and to notify persons who are
delinquent of those procedures and the availability of property
tax relief programs. The municipality is permitted to set off
against delinquent taxes amounts owed by the municipality to the
person who is delinquent. If the person who is delinquent in
payment of taxes, or in the case of residential property, that
person's surviving spouse, continues to reside on or occupy the
property, then the municipality cannot sell the property to a 3rd
party if the person residing on or occupying the residential or
commercial property is making a good faith effort to repurchase
the property. A former owner or the former owner's surviving
spouse is permitted to buy back the property by payment of
delinquent taxes, interest and costs at any time before the
property is sold to a 3rd party. A municipality that sells a
tax-acquired property is required to pay the funds received in
excess of delinquent taxes, interest and costs to the former
owner or the former owner's surviving spouse or heirs.


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