District Of Columbia § 47-1355 - Void certificate of sale.
Full text of District Of Columbia D.C. Code § 47-1355 — Void certificate of sale., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 47-1355. Void certificate of sale.
47-1355Except as otherwise provided, a certificate of sale shall be void if:
An action to foreclose the right of redemption is not brought within one year from the date of the certificate of sale;
Repealed;
An action to foreclose the right of redemption is dismissed for a lack of prosecution;
The purchaser fails to comply with ; or
A sale is set aside because of fraud on the part of the purchaser.
If a certificate shall become void:
The right, title, and interest of the purchaser in the real property shall cease;
All monies paid for the real property by the purchaser shall be forfeited to the District and deposited by the Mayor in the General Fund of the District; and
The real property shall be deemed to have been bid off in the name of the District for the taxes for which the real property was sold or bid off at the original public tax sale to which the certificate corresponds, and interest thereon shall accrue from the date that the property was sold or bid off, as if the sale or assignment to the purchaser had not occurred.
Subsection (b) of this section shall not apply if a judgment or sale is set aside in the absence of fraud on the part of the purchaser and the certificate of sale is not void under subsection (a) of this section.
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What does D.C. Code § 47-1355 cover?
Section 47-1355 ("Void certificate of sale.") is part of the D.C. Code, the codified statutory law of District Of Columbia. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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