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Bulletin: WA000018
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Date: August 08, 1990
To:
All Washington Offices
RE:
Tax Sales
Dear Associates:
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set aside a Pierce County tax sale of land owned of record by two people because one did not receive notice of the sale. In Re Sienkiewicz, 900 F.2d 206 (1990).
The purchaser at the sale argued that the sale was effective as to the person who did receive notice and the bankruptcy court agreed with the purchaser. However, the court of appeals reversed and held that the entire sale was void because of the lack of notice to one of the owners.
In this case the challenge to the sale was brought over two years after the sale. Please be careful of insuring titles derived through tax sales.
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