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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Baltimore City, Maryland runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

Baltimore City, Maryland Tax Sale, County Hub

Baltimore City, Maryland runs a lien sale via City of Baltimore (baltimorecity.marylandtaxsale.com). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

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Sale type
lien
Platform
City of Baltimore (baltimorecity.marylandtaxsale.com)
Bidding method
Sealed bid, bid up on premium/price for the lien certificate
Statutory maximum rate
18%/year for non-owner-occupied property (Baltimore City Code Art. 28 Sec. 8-1); the owner-occupied rate is disputed between sources we checked (12% per the codified text vs. 10% per a secondary summary) -- not publishing a specific owner-occupied figure until independently resolved.
Redemption period
No fixed term -- purchaser may file to foreclose 6 months after sale (non-owner-occupied) or 9 months (owner-occupied), and must file within 2 years of the Certificate of Sale.
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

Md. Code, Tax-Property Article, Title 14

Each county/municipality sets its own annual tax sale date and local interest rate (within state-authorized bounds) under Title 14; Baltimore City and Montgomery County each publish their own annual notice.

County contact / official source

City of Baltimore (baltimorecity.marylandtaxsale.com) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.baltimorecity.gov/tax-sale

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Baltimore City at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Baltimore City has held only one sale.

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