Mlecka v. Citrus County

Citrus County filed a special assessment lien against certain property but the Clerk of the Circuit Court improperly recorded the lien by not indexing it in the Official Records of Citrus County as required by sections 28.222 and 695.02, Florida Statutes. Appellant-purchaser purchased, at a tax deed sale, certain property included in the county’s special assessment lien. When the county insisted to the purchaser that the property was subject to its special assessment lien and to certain interest and penalty charges, the purchaser brought a declaratory decree action seeking to have the trial…