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(3)     the fact that the property has not been redeemed by any party in
interest;

(4)     a request for process to be served on the defendants named in the
complaint;

(5)     a request for an order of publication directed to all parties in interest
in the property;

(6)     a request that the court pass a judgment that forecloses all rights of
redemption of the defendants and any other person having any interest in the
property;

(7)     a description of the amount necessary for redemption including the
amount paid out at the tax sale; and

(8)     AT THE OPTION OF THE PLAINTIFF, IN A FORECLOSURE
PROCEEDING BROUGHT BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE CITY for
[vacant and] abandoned property [in Baltimore City] sold [to Baltimore City] for a
sum less than the amount due under § 14-817 of this subtitle, a request that the court
pass a judgment for the City and against the person liable for the taxes prior to the
sale in the amount of the unpaid taxes, interest, penalties, and expenses otherwise
due in a tax sale.

14-844.

(e) In Baltimore City where abandoned property has been sold for a sum less
than the amount due under § 14-817 of this subtitle, in a foreclosure proceeding
brought by the Mayor and City Council, the final order [shall] MAY include a
judgment in favor of the city and against the person liable for taxes prior to the sale,
in the amount of the unpaid taxes, interest, penalties, and expenses otherwise due in
a tax sale.

14-845.

(a)     A court in the State may not reopen a judgment rendered in a tax sale
foreclosure proceeding except on the ground of lack of jurisdiction or fraud in the
conduct of the proceedings to foreclose; however, no reopening of any judgment on the
ground of constructive fraud in the conduct of the proceedings to foreclose shall be
entertained by any court unless an application to reopen a judgment rendered is filed
within 1 year from the date of the judgment.

(b)     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 and all costs incurred with respect to
development of the property by the purchaser and the purchaser's successors in
interest.

(c)      [(1)] In Baltimore City, with respect to abandoned property THAT IS
SUBJECT TO § 14-817(C) OF THIS SUBTITLE [, an action to reopen a judgment or to

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