Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland HB753: Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions
Status: Signed into law, May 26, 2026
Requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a homeowner to be withheld from tax sale if the homeowner has a documented terminal illness or medical hardship; increasing the maximum value of a dwelling that a homeowner may reside in and be eligible for the Homeowner Protection Program to $450,000; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions FOR the purpose of requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a homeowner to be withheld from tax sale if the homeowner has a documented terminal illness or medical hardship; increasing the maximum value of a dwelling that a homeowner may reside in and be eligible for the Homeowner Protection Program…
From the enrolled text, June 3, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Tax Sales - Homeowner Protections - Revisions FOR the purpose of requiring the State Tax Sale Ombudsman to develop a process to allow a homeowner to designate a family member or another representative of the homeowner to communicate and work with the Ombudsman on the homeowner's behalf; requiring the dwelling of a homeowner to be withheld from tax sale if the homeowner has a documented terminal illness or medical hardship; increasing the maximum value of a dwelling that a homeowner may reside in and be eligible for the Homeowner Protection Program; requiring homeowners with terminal illness or medical hardship to receive priority for enrollment in the Homeowner Protection Program; and generally relating to protections for homeowners in tax sale. BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments, Article - Tax - Property Section 2-112(b) and (e), 14-811(i) and (j), 14-836(a) and (b)(4)(i)3., 14-883, and 14-884 Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Tax - Property Section 2-112(d), 14-811(h), and 14-885(a) and (b) Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Tax - Property Section 14-888(e) Annotated Code of Maryland (2019 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland …