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Brown County hears update on 102‑parcel tax‑foreclosure process from outside counsel
Summary
Outside counsel told commissioners the county’s tax‑foreclosure list includes about 102 parcels and described a 12–15 month process (file petition, title work, service/publication, sale), urging regular updates and warning that tax‑sale purchasers take property 'buyer beware.'
Lucas Heinen, a Brown County commissioner, invited outside counsel Michelle Brunwald of the Wichita law firm Clenda Osterman to brief the commission on the county’s delinquent tax‑sale work.
Brunwald said her office currently shows about 102 parcels eligible for tax foreclosure and described the firm’s process: prepare a “skeleton petition” listing all parties on the tax rolls, file the petition and begin service of process, send a cleaned master list to a title company to assemble title work, and then proceed through publication and a post‑judgment sale. She said the title company already lined up for this matter is Security First, which the firm uses to speed turnaround.
“The number 1 priority is to get taxpayers to…
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