Alabama Bad Tax Sale

[Brittany Wilkerson]

Good morning!

I purchased a tax lien from the state and the state has notified me that the sale was bad. What other reasons other than the sell not being posted publicly would cause the sale to be bad?

[Denise Evans]

@Brittany Wilkerson, Assessed owner not the same as true owner at the time of the auction, usually because of death, sale or foreclosure. Or, taxes already paid. Or assessment wrong, such as its a vacant lot but was assessed as if it had a house on it. Or, recent Equivest decision that ruled any auction not held in front of door of court house is void. Most of them have been held inside the court house for many years. The Equivest decision is currently on a motion to reconsider, but for the time being, it's the law.