Posted on Apr 26, 2023
Grandma didn't pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case
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The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in the case of a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman whose condominium was seized by Hennepin County for failure to pay property taxes. At issue is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.
Geraldine Tyler bought her condo in Minneapolis in 1999 and lived there until 2010, when, at age 81, she moved to a senior assisted-living center at the urging of her children. After that, she stopped paying taxes on the condo, which she still owned. Tyler does not dispute that the county repeatedly notified her that she risked losing the condo if she didn't pay up. By 2015, she owed $15,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and fees.
The county took possession of the property under state law and sold the condo at auction for $40,000. But, like at least a dozen other states, it did not pay Tyler the surplus $25,000 from the sale.
The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in the case of a 94-year-old Minneapolis woman whose condominium was seized by Hennepin County for failure to pay property taxes. At issue is the way at least a dozen states handle the sale of homes to pay off overdue taxes.
Geraldine Tyler bought her condo in Minneapolis in 1999 and lived there until 2010, when, at age 81, she moved to a senior assisted-living center at the urging of her children. After that, she stopped paying taxes on the condo, which she still owned. Tyler does not dispute that the county repeatedly notified her that she risked losing the condo if she didn't pay up. By 2015, she owed $15,000 in unpaid taxes, interest and fees.
The county took possession of the property under state law and sold the condo at auction for $40,000. But, like at least a dozen other states, it did not pay Tyler the surplus $25,000 from the sale.
Grandma didn't pay taxes. Now her house is focus of property rights test case
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My first reaction was outrage ... OF COURSE she's entitled to the surplus (don't think it would be $25k .. maybe $20k after whatever admin fees would be assessed), but the story shows a different "rest of the story"
"the county asserts that Tyler had no equity in the home at the time of the forfeiture because she owed $48,000 on her mortgage and more than $11,000 in homeowner's association fees". I don't agree with the state keeping the excess, but the excess should have gone to the bank and HOA according to a ratio of the funds owed.
"the county asserts that Tyler had no equity in the home at the time of the forfeiture because she owed $48,000 on her mortgage and more than $11,000 in homeowner's association fees". I don't agree with the state keeping the excess, but the excess should have gone to the bank and HOA according to a ratio of the funds owed.
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