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Delinquent Property Tax Sales: Is a Purchaser at Risk If a Property Owner Files Bankruptcy?

Hackler v. Arianna Holdings Co., LLC (In re Hackler), 938 F.3d 473 (3d Cir. 2019) – Chapter 13 debtors sought to avoid a prepetition delinquent property tax sale. The bankruptcy court agreed with the debtors that the transfer of title … Continue reading

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Delinquent Property Taxes: A Prepetition Tax Sale Purchaser May Find Itself Embroiled in The Bankruptcy

Town of Beacon Falls v. Christiano (In re Christiano), 605 B.R. 1 (Bankr. D. Conn. 2019) – A prepetition tax sale purchaser sought relief from the automatic stay to exercise its rights with respect to the property it purchased. The debtor … Continue reading

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Tax Lien Foreclosures: Property Tax Collection Meets Fraudulent Transfers – Who Wins?

Hampton v. Ontario County, New York, 588 B.R. 671 (W.D. N.Y. 2018), 588 B.R. 671 (W.D. N.Y. 2018) – The debtors sought to set aside prepetition property tax foreclosures as constructively fraudulent transfers. The bankruptcy court granted the government’s motion … Continue reading

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Delinquent Property Tax Sales and the Equity of Redemption: When Is Property Really, Really, Really Gone?

Reverend C.T. Walker Housing Dev. Fund Corp. v City of N.Y., 586 B.R. 534 (E.D.N.Y. 2018) – A bankruptcy court denied a debtor’s motion to sell real property and granted a motion for relief from the automatic stay in a related … Continue reading

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Delinquent Property Tax Procedures: To Stay or Not to Stay

In re Administrative Order Regarding Sale of Tax Certificates by Florida Tax Collectors, FLMB 2018-1, 583 B.R. 794 (Bankr. M.D. Fla. 2018) – In response to repeated requests for comfort orders, a bankruptcy court issued a district wide administrative order confirming … Continue reading

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Delinquent Property Tax Sales: What Rights Does a Tax Sale Purchaser Have?

Encore Assets, LLC v. Woodley (In re Woodley), 579 B.R. 630 (Bankr. N.D. Ga. 2017) – A chapter 13 debtor proposed to pay a prepetition property tax sale purchaser the statutory redemption amount over time. The purchaser objected, contending that the … Continue reading

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