Under existing law, Class 2 municipalities may put a lien on real properties for unpaid municipal code violations and foreclose on those properties with unpaid municipal code liens. This bill would revise the foreclosure process for Class 2 municipalities by removing the requirement to notify the State of Alabama and all other taxing officials in the municipality's jurisdiction of the municipality's intent to complete a municipal lien foreclosure sale. This bill would authorize the municipality to create and adopt its own petition for judicial in rem foreclosure by local ordinance and would remove the statutory petition and deed language. This bill would shorten the time periods for proceeding to a foreclosure sale, executing foreclosure deeds, and filing foreclosure reports. This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

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Introduced: 11-40-65, 11-40-67, 11-40-68, 11-40-65, 11-4-54