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QUESTIONS: 1. Is the clerk obligated to redeem the outstanding certificates from the proceeds of the sale, if requested by the tax deed holder, when a tax deed is issued in June 1972 on a tax certificate and when all outstanding tax certificates issued prior to June 1972 were inadvertently not included in the base bid? 2. If the answer to the first question is in the affirmative, then is there a time limit within which this must be done?

SUMMARY: When the clerk overlooks outstanding tax certificates and does not notify the tax deed applicant of their existence, absent fraud the clerk should…