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TANGOREN v. STEPHENSON

Nos. 07-CV-137, 07-CV-216, 07-CV-171.

977 A.2d 357 (2009)

Ali TANGOREN, Appellant, v. Maurice STEPHENSON, Thomas Stephenson, and the District of Columbia, Appellees. Shemsedin Hassan, Appellant, v. F.W. Clarke and the District of Columbia, Appellees. James M. Biggs, Appellant, v. Elizabeth Lee, Adrian Fenty, and the District of Columbia, Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 6, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darryl F. White, for appellants Ali Tangoren and Shemsedin Hassan.

Daniel S. Roth, Washington, DC, with whom Kurt Berlin was on the brief, for appellant James M. Biggs.

Rawle Andrews, with whom Matthew A. Brinegar was on the brief, for appellee Elizabeth Lee.

David A. Hyden, Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellees Adrian Fenty and the District of Columbia.

Before REID, GLICKMAN and THOMPSON, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Appellants Ali Tangoren, Shemsedin Hassan, and James M. Biggs ask us to reverse the trial court's ruling that their efforts to foreclose on properties they purchased at a tax sale were time-barred. We agree with appellants that the trial court misinterpreted the tax sale statute, and we reverse.

I. The Statutory Framework

Under the Tax Clarity Act of 2000, when an owner of real property in the District of Columbia is delinquent...

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