3238                                         LAWS OF MARYLAND                                     Ch. 714

easements to which the property is subject and of which the Mayor
and City Council of Baltimore have actual or constructive notice
at the time of sale.]

SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That the Laws of
Maryland read as follows:

Article - Tax - Property

14-845.

(A)  If the judgment of the court foreclosing all rights of
redemption is set aside, the amount required to redeem is the
amount required by this subtitle, and in addition, the reasonable
value, at the date the judgment is set aside, of all improvements
made on the property by the purchaser and the purchaser's
successors in interest.

(B)  A COURT IN THE STATE MAY NOT REOPEN A JUDGMENT RENDERED
IN A FORECLOSURE PROCEEDING INSTITUTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY UNDER FORMER ARTICLE 81, §§ 117 THROUGH
121 OF THE CODE UNLESS AN APPLICATION TO REOPEN THE JUDGMENT IS
FILED ON OR BEFORE JUNE 30, 1987. AFTER JUNE 30, 1987, ANY
JUDGMENT RENDERED UNDER FORMER ARTICLE 81, §§ 117 THROUGH 121 OF
THE CODE SHALL BE DEEMED CONCLUSIVELY TO HAVE BEEN RATIFIED BY
ALL PERSONS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE GROUNDS TO OBJECT TO THE
JUDGMENT.

[14-849.

When the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore is the
purchaser of any property in Baltimore City at a tax sale, the
city may institute an action to foreclose the right of redemption
of the property under the provisions of §§ 14-849 through 14-853
of this subtitle. These sections do not affect the right of the
city to proceed under the other provisions of this subtitle.]

[14-850.

All of the provisions of this subtitle apply to any action
to foreclose the right of redemption brought by Baltimore City
under the provisions of §§ 14-849 through 14-853 of this subtitle
except as is otherwise provided in this subtitle.]

[14-851.

The defendant in the action shall be the person whose name
last appears on the collector's tax roll as owner of the
property. That person shall be considered and treated as the
owner of the property for the purposes of §§ 14-849 through
14-853 of this subtitle. If, on the collector's tax roll it
appears that the owner is unknown, then the property shall be
proceeded against as belonging to an unknown owner as provided in
this subtitle. Any other person that has or claims to have an