Mayor & Cncl. of Balt. v. Thornton Mellon

Mayor and City Council of Baltimore v. Thornton Mellon, LLC, et al., No. 6, September Term, 2021, Opinion by Booth, J. TAX SALES—FEE SIMPLE TITLE CONVEYED BY DEED. Under the tax sale statute, Title 14, Subtitle 8 of the Tax-Property Article of the Maryland Code (1985, 2019 Rep. Vol., 2021 Supp.) (“TP”), fee simple legal title to real property sold at a tax sale vests in the certificate holder upon the collector’s execution and delivery of the deed. Upon the entry of the circuit court’s judgment foreclosing the right of redemption, the certificate holder acquires an equitable title, or the…