Home Foreclosures: 16.3.3.2.2 Defects in the tax lien or in the tax sale process
Statutes governing tax sales and the steps leading up to them must be strictly followed before an owner may be deprived of their property by sale.167 If these steps are not followed, the deed issued from such sale may be set aside.168 Slight irregularities may not be enough for a court to invalidate a sale,169 but defects which prejudice the rights of the owner, such as the failure to give proper notice, probably will.