Miami-Dade County v. Lansdowne Mortgage, LLC

Miami-Dade County (“the County”) appeals the trial court’s entry of a final judgment of foreclosure, which granted Lans-downe Mortgage, LLC’s (“Lansdowne”) motion for summary judgment, and the subsumed order denying the County’s cross-motion for summary judgment, which found that the County’s homestead tax lien was inferior to Lansdowne’s mortgage on the subject property. Because the trial court improperly prioritized Lans-downe’s mortgage over the County’s tax lien, in contravention of section 197.122(1), Florida Statutes (2015), we reverse.

Lansdowne’s mortgage on the subject property was…