Board of Jefferson County Commissioners v. Adcox

Hill, J.:

In this tax foreclosure appeal, there are two separate counts where two couples, Kenneth and Sharon Schrage and Terry and Yvonne Hummer, claim they did not receive legally sufficient notice and ask us to set aside the sheriff s sales of their Jefferson County real estate tracts. The Schrages are correct, and tire Hummers are not.

In the Schrages’ case, Jefferson County officials relied upon service by publication after an attempt to personally serve the couple in Douglas County failed. Generally, in a tax foreclosure action, service by publication is disapproved if the address of the…