1. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the governing body of a county or other taxing agency shall buy in and hold any property in their respective counties offered for sale for nonpayment of any taxes for which there is no private purchaser.

2. (b)

   1. (1) The governing body of a county or other taxing agency may buy in and hold any abandoned property for which there is no private purchaser for the amount of the minimum bid set pursuant to § 14-817(c)(2) of this subtitle.
   2. (2) The governing body of a county or other taxing agency may transfer any interest it acquires in abandoned property to a land bank authority established under § 1-1403 of the Local Government Article of which the governing body or other taxing agency is a member.
3. (c) The governing body of the county, a land bank authority established under § 1-1403 of the Local Government Article of which the county is a member, and other taxing agency have the same rights and remedies with regard to the property as other purchasers, including the right to foreclose the right of redemption.
4. (d) A certificate of sale in the form provided in this subtitle shall be issued by the collector in the name of the governing body of the county or other taxing agency.

Added by Acts 1985, c. 8, § 2, eff. Feb. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1986, c. 825; Acts 2000, c. 408, § 1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2015, c. 289, § 1, eff. June 1, 2015; Acts 2017, c. 618, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2017, c. 619, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 2017; Acts 2018, c. 568, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2018.

Formerly Art. 81, § 88.