Daystar Investments, L.L.C. v. Maricopa County Treasurer

OPINION

NORRIS, Judge.

¶ 1 Daystar Investments, L.L.C. purchased a tax hen on real property located in Marico-pa County, Arizona. Subsequently, it obtained a default judgment foreclosing the redemption rights of the record owners and several others who may have had an interest in the property. The judgment also ordered the Treasurer of Maricopa County to execute and deliver a deed conveying the property to Daystar. The Treasurer, who was not a party to the foreclosure action, refused to issue the deed, asserting Daystar’s judgment had been obtained in violation of state law.

¶2 The fundamental…