Category: Policy
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Supreme Court Holds that Property Owners can recover surpluses from tax sales
Summary In Tyler v. Hennepin County, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that a county’s retention of the excess value of a home in a tax sale violated the Takings Clause of the Fifth Amendment. The decision, which reversed the lower courts, gives new rights to property owners in states that do not reimburse property owners… Read more