Quote from @Denise Evans:
The city can foreclose their lien and sell the property at auction. That lien trumps your tax certificate, so the city foreclosure purchaser can get the property and not pay you anything. As far as I have been able to find out (Somebody PLEASE correct me if you know better) the demolition lien is good for 20 years. It racks up interest that whole time. The city does NOT have the ability to accept less than payment in full to release a lien. Their hands are tied because the statutes do not allow that. So, you can ignore the lien, but the eventual price tag will increase by 7.5% per year, meaning the lien will double every 13 years.
@Denise Evans does this mean demolition nuisance liens are removed after 20 years and the tax deed will not have any liens ties to it if purchased?
