Investment Corp. of the Virginias v. Acquaviva

KATHIANNE KNAUP CRANE, Presiding Judge.

Defendants, a county collector and a purchaser of three parcels of real estate at a tax sale, appeal from the trial court’s entry of summary judgment quieting title in plaintiffs, the prior owners, in that real estate. The trial court found that defendants failed to give plaintiffs notice of the pending tax sale of their parcels that complied with Jones v. Flowers, 547 U.S. 220, 126 S.Ct. 1708, 164 L.Ed.2d 415 (2006), which it concluded, voided the tax sale.

On appeal, defendants assert that the trial court erred in applying Jones to pre-sale notice…