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Florida Attorney General Reports

Decided February 8, 1974Published

1Opinion of the Court

QUESTIONS:

1. What procedures should a tax collector follow in processing a tax deed application, and what amounts of money should he collect from the tax deed applicant?

2. Who should collect and distribute the redemption funds when a property owner seeks to redeem his land from a tax deed sale?

3. Who should collect and distribute the excess funds in the case of overbidding at a tax deed sale?

SUMMARY:

Upon application for a tax deed by either a county or a private tax certificate holder, the tax collector must search the tax sale records for a period of twenty years prior to the date of…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. FLORIDA GROWERS COOP v. Dept. of Rev.District Court of Appeal of Florida · 1973
  2. Rosenhouse v. HollySupreme Court of Florida · 1930

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