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LAWS OF MARYLAND

Ch. 825

(Here insert description of property in substantially the
same form as the description appearing on the Collector's [tax
roll] CERTIFICATE OF TAX SALE.)

The complaint states, among other things, that the amounts
necessary for redemption have not been paid[, although more than
a year and a day from the date of sale has expired].

It is thereupon this .... day of ...., 19.., by the Circuit
Court for ...., Ordered, That notice be given by the insertion of
a copy of this order in some newspaper having a general
circulation in .... once a week for 3 successive weeks, warning
all persons interested in the property to appear in this Court by
the .... day of ...., 19.., and redeem the property .... and
answer the complaint or thereafter a final judgment will be
entered foreclosing all rights of redemption in the property, and
vesting in the plaintiff a title, free and clear of all
encumbrances."

[(b) Whenever original notice of the pending suit is mailed
to a resident or nonresident defendant, whether or not required
by this Part III of this subtitle, a copy of the order of
publication shall be enclosed with the notice.]

14-841.

Any single holder of certificates of sale relating to
several properties in the same county may include and join in 1

proceeding any number of the certificates. [However, if more

than 1 property-owner is involved, a maximum of 10 certificates
may be joined in 1 proceeding.] The complaint filed in any

proceeding is not subject to objection on the ground of

multifariousness.

14-843.

On redemption, the plaintiff [or the holder of the
certificate of sale] is entitled to be reimbursed for expenses
incurred in any action or in preparation for any action to
foreclose the right of redemption. In addition, the plaintiff
[or the holder of the certificate of sale], on redemption, is
entitled to be reimbursed for fees paid for recording the
certificate of sale, for attorney's fees that do not exceed the

sum of $250 for each certificate of sale , for expenses incurred

in the PUBLICATION AND service of process by publication, for
REASONABLE fees for a necessary title search [that do not exceed
$75 for each property, except that the court, on proof that the
search was unusually difficult, may allow not more than $100 for
each search], and for taxes, together with interest and penalties
on the taxes, arising after the date of sale that have been paid
by the plaintiff. The plaintiff [or the holder of the certificate
of sale] is not entitled to be reimbursed for any other expenses.

14-844.