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Senate committee advances bill eliminating 10-day post-auction redemption window for tax-delinquent parcels
Summary
The Senate Revenue & Tax Committee passed House Bill 1263 to remove the 10-day redemption period after tax-delinquent parcel auctions and reduce refund-processing burdens. Sponsors and State Lands officials said the change will make auction sales final the day of sale while retaining owners— statutory long-term redemption rights.
House Bill 1263, authored on the floor by Representative Marcus Richmond and presented to the Senate Revenue & Tax Committee, passed the committee by voice vote after testimony from the State Lands office and a brief member exchange.
The bill, as presented by Representative Marcus Richmond, seeks to eliminate the 10-day post-auction redemption window for tax-delinquent parcels and reduce administrative refund processing tied to that period. Richmond told the committee that auction purchasers have in recent years at times paid large sums in…
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