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Resident urges Laramie officials to reimburse interest on tax-lien sale property

Laramie City Council · January 28, 2026
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Janelle Gaddis told the City Council she purchased a parcel at a 2017 tax-lien sale, was later told the lot was unbuildable, and said the city attorney offered to buy back the property for taxes and expenses but declined to pay interest she says the statute entitles her to; she said she has not received a substantive reply from city staff.

At the start of Tuesday's Laramie City Council work session, resident Janelle Gaddis told the council she acquired a property through a 2017 tax-lien sale and later learned the lot had been labeled unbuildable by city planning.

Gaddis said she contacted the city attorney and was told the city "was not at fault" but was willing to buy the parcel back only for taxes…

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