Complaint,Petition: In Re the Verified Petition for Issuance of a Tax Deed to:C.

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                                45C01-2406-TP-000346                                        Filed: 6/18/2024 1:43 PM
                                                                                                                           Clerk
                                               Lake Circuit Court                                          Lake County, Indiana
STATE OF INDIANA           )                                        LAKE CIRCUIT COURT
                           )SS:
COUNTY OF LAKE             )                                        CROWN POINT, INDIANA

 CITY OF GARY DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT,
                            Petitioner,
                                                              CAUSE NUMBER:
 v.                                                           Key No: 45-08-09-476-008.000-004
 Christian Valley Missionary Baptist Ch,
 LAKE COUNTY AUDITOR,
                                                              1948-58 Adams St
 UNKNOWN OWNERS, ET AL.
                            Respondent(s).


                              VERIFIED PETITION FOR AN ORDER DIRECTING THE
                                LAKE COUNTY AUDITOR TO ISSUE A TAX DEED

        COMES NOW the Petitioner(s), CITY OF GARY DEPARTMENT OF REDEVELOPMENT, by and through

its counsel, Inga Lewis-Shannon, and files with the Court a Verified Petition for an Order Directing the

Lake County Auditor to Issue a Tax Deed, and in support, says as follows:

        1.       Petitioner is the assignee of a Tax Sale Certificate issued to the Lake County Board of

Commissioners for the following described real estate located in Lake County, Indiana (the real estate),

which was assigned to the petitioner on or about 1/17/2024:

                 Legal description: GARDEN CITY ADD. LOTS 13, 14 & 15 BL.3
                 Key No: 45-08-09-476-008.000-004
                 Commonly known as: 1948-58 Adams St
                 Tax Sale Certificate ID: 452304676

        2.       The time for redemption for a commissioner’s certificate sale expired on 5/16/2024.

        3        The real estate has not been redeemed.

        4.       Petitioner has paid all taxes, special assessments, penalties, and costs that petitioner is

required by law to pay.

        5.        The notices required by IND. CODE 6-1.1-25-4.5 and 6-1.1-25-4.6 have been given.

        6.       The notices required by IND. CODE 6-1.1-25-4.5 and 6-1.1-25-4.6 have been given to the

same parties and in the same manner as provided in IND. CODE 6-1.1-25-4.5.

        7.       The Petitioner has complied with all the provision of the law entitling the Petitioner to a

tax deed.
        8.      Pursuant to IND. CODE 6-1.1-25-4(k), the Auditor of Lake County shall, in the same

manner that taxes are removed by certificate of error, remove from the tax duplicate the taxes, special

assessments, interest, penalties, and costs remaining due as the difference between the amount of the

last minimum bid under IND. CODE 6-1.1-24-5(e) and the amount paid for the certificate of sale.

        WHEREFORE, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Court order that the Auditor of Lake

County, Indiana to issue a tax deed for the real estate described above to CITY OF GARY DEPARTMENT

OF REDEVELOPMENT, that the Auditor of Lake County comply with IND. CODE 6-1.1-25-4(k), and that

the Court grant all other relief that is just and proper in the premises.

        I, the undersigned attorney for the Petitioner, affirm, under the penalties for perjury, that the

foregoing representations are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.



                                                                   Respectfully submitted,

                                                                   /s/: Inga Lewis-Shannon
                                                                   Inga Lewis-Shannon, #19133-45A
                                                                   Attorney for Petitioner
                                                                   607 South Lake Street, Suite A
                                                                   Gary, Indiana 46403
                                                                   Office: (219) 881-9484
                                                                   Fax: (219) 882-5939


                                          CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby affirm under penalty of perjury that on    June 18 , 2024, I caused service of a true and
complete copy of the foregoing representations to be served on each party or attorney-of-record by
depositing same with the United States Postal Service, properly addressed and with sufficient first class
postage affixed.

                                                  /s/:Inga Lewis-Shannon
                                                  Inga Lewis-Shannon
Distribution:
Lake County Auditor's Office, 2293 North Main Street, Building A - 2nd Floor, Crown Point, IN 46307