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Committee takes by for the day bill to let localities transfer long‑vacant, blighted properties owned by foreign entities
Summary
House Bill 2745 would permit localities, after a court process, to convey long‑vacant, blighted properties (including into a land bank or to a purchaser) when certain statutory conditions are met; the committee took the bill by for the day to allow further clarification of language limiting application to non‑U.S. owners.
House Bill 2745, presented by Delegate O’Quinn, would create a court‑supervised pathway for a locality to obtain or transfer title to long‑vacant, blighted property when the record owner is unresponsive or fails to maintain the site.
Under the bill’s framework described to the committee, a locality would need to satisfy three conditions before seeking relief: (1) the property must have been vacant for at least two years; (2) the locality must have declared the property blighted or derelict under state code; and (3) the locality must…
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