On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court issued its opinions in Fair v. Continental Resources, No. S-21-074, and Nieveen v. TAX 106, No. S-21-364, following remand from the United States Supreme Court in the wake of Tyler v....more
Obtaining a return on a tax lien investment can have a long time horizon in Georgia. After purchasing a tax lien, an investor must wait at least a year before foreclosing the right of redemption of the tax debtor, taking...more
In a landmark shift towards protecting delinquent taxpayer’s interest in surplus funds generated from tax lien foreclosures, Massachusetts enacted a law as a part of its 2025 budget to revise the way surplus funds are...more
On June 21, 2024, the Ohio Second Appellate District reversed a trial court decision granting plaintiff summary judgment in a residential foreclosure action, finding that a competing lienholder’s discovery request for...more
In February, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issued its opinion in Metro T. Properties, LLC v. County of Wayne, No. 2:23-cv-11457-LVP-KGA, 2024 WL 644515 (E.D. Mich. Feb. 15, 2024). Few...more
A Baltimore Homeowner’s Saga - Baltimore Resident and single mother Deanna Woodward paid off her mortgage 18 years ago. After that, she paid her real estate taxes. So, imagine her surprise when she recently learned that...more
We previously reported on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision, Tyler v. Hennepin County, where the court concluded that the State of Minnesota violated a property owner’s constitutional rights by keeping the excess sale...more
The see-sawing of emotions among advocates for county land banking activities in Ohio continued this week, with hopes again rising upon a favorable decision by the Supreme Court of Ohio. On April 4, 2023, the Court...more
Ohio- Public Records Law- The State Ex Rel. Ames, Appellant, v. Baker, Dublikar, Beck, Wiley & Mathews et al., Slip Op. 2022-Ohio-3990. In this mandamus action to the Ohio Supreme Court, the Court found that Ohio’s...more
In January, Miller Canfield reported on Lowry v. Southfield Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative (In re Lowry), an opinion from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Lowry held that a taxpayer in bankruptcy could challenge a...more
A recent opinion from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has opened a new door for a taxpayer to challenge a Michigan tax foreclosure sale. The opinion held that the challenge could proceed where the property value was...more
Typically, the receiver will market the property for sale using the same methods as it would for any other commercial property. It will install signage on the property, list the property with the appropriate online commercial...more
In May 2021, the federal 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati sent a county land bank case back to the district court in Dayton for reconsideration. Rejecting the winning argument at the lower level - that the owner of...more
On April 14, 2021, U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert dismissed a lawsuit filed by a group of five landlords against Attorney General Letitia James (“AG James”) in the Eastern District of New York (Chrysafis, et al. v. James,...more
The Michigan Court of Appeals recently held that assessments on a property under a development agreement between a city and the property's former owner did not survive a tax foreclosure and therefore were not liens against...more
On December 28, 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law the COVID-19 Emergency Eviction and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2020 (the “Act”) passed by the New York State Legislature. The Act (S.9114/A.11181) is...more
To be enforceable, a deed of trust must sufficiently describe the real property security. There are several different ways to describe real property. Commonly used methods include referring to a block and lot number from a...more
It may be hard to believe, but community associations ("Associations") occasionally deal with homeowners who don't think they are required to pay assessments. The reasoning for these beliefs can range from "I don't use the...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE FINANCIAL SERVICES UPDATE TITLE INSURANCE UPDATE - Foreclosure: witness may testify as to business records of another company so long as that witness can lay proper foundation of personal knowledge...more
REAL PROPERTY UPDATE - Foreclosure/Condition Precedent: servicer did not meet its burden of proving it satisfied condition precedent of giving notice of acceleration by failing to provide evidence that notice letter had...more
North Carolina is a "pure race" state, for real estate title purposes. That is, “first to record an interest in land holds an interest superior to all other purchases for value, regardless of actual or constructive notice as...more
In United States v. Smith, 117 AFTR 2d 2016-XXXX (February 8, 2016), the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington allowed the Federal government to foreclose on the taxpayers’ primary residence in...more
This is the first in what we expect to be a series of updates on DOJ criminal actions in the cartel area. Here, we look at highlights over the last six months in the DOJ’s investigations of the auto parts industry, LIBOR, and...more
While the Great Recession appears to be slowly receding, rising oil costs and other price increases threaten to choke off what had appeared to be an economic recovery. Accordingly, foreclosures may become more frequent in the...more
I. FLORIDA STATE CASES – SARA WITMEYER & JOURDAN HAYNES - - Receiver: court’s inherent equitable power to appoint receiver over non-profit condominium association not limited to categories set forth in Florida Statutes...more