Local Government Tax Sale Dispute Process

WHEREAS municipalities become the owners of properties arising through the mandatory provisions of Community CharterLocal Government Act legislation that regulates Municipal Property Tax Sales; AND WHEREAS the municipal title to the property can then be disputed in a court of law or other tribunal; AND WHEREAS the property title disputes prevent municipalities from transferring title to another purchaser and thereby hinder the sale of the property; AND WHEREAS the holding costs, the legal costs as well as opportunity costs while title is resolved can be extremely expensive and burdensome to a municipality: THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that UBCM request that the Province amend the Community Charter and Local Government Act so that a municipalitys clear title to a property as a result of the Municipal Tax Sale Process cannot be disputed in a court of law or other tribunal more than once.