Republic Title Co. v. Freeport Title & Guaranty, Inc.

Hodges, Judge.

This dispute concerns entitlement to excess funds remaining following a tax sale pursuant to OCGA § 48-3-3. Freeport Title and Guaranty, Inc., as Trustee of the New Stokes Avenue Land Trust ("Freeport"), owner of the subject property at the time of the tax sale, petitioned for the excess funds. Republic Title Company, LLC ("Republic"), which held a security deed for the property, also claimed entitlement to the funds. Freeport amended its petition to request that the trial court also quiet title to the property, alleging that Republic's security deed reverted before the tax sale…