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Relating to cities or counties canceling the sale of property containing abandoned buildings to a tax sale certificate holder
Topics:Cities & countiesTaxes
Same legislation: SF 28
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 14, 2025
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 18, 2025
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committeeFunnel: by March 20, 2026
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2026 session adjourned on May 3, 2026, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary If a city or county cancels the sale of a property that has an abandoned building, they must now pay the buyer back with interest. Currently, the local treasurer only has to refund the original purchase money. This change ensures that people who bought tax sale certificates for these properties receive extra money to make up for the delay.1
Read the official explanation
_____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to cities or counties canceling the sale of property containing abandoned buildings to a tax sale certificate holder. Currently, if a city or county files a petition against the holder of a tax sale certificate, and the tax certificate holder’s property is verified to contain an abandoned building, the county treasurer is required to cancel the sale of the property and is required to refund the purchase money to the tax sale certificate holder. 1.
House subcommittee
Named February 18, 2025. On March 3, 2025 it recommended passage.
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