Washington Court of Appeals Affirms Order Allowing Property Tax Foreclosure, Rejects Sovereign Citizen Claims

The Washington Court of Appeals affirmed a Stevens County Superior Court order allowing the county to foreclose on the property owner’s property for failure to pay property taxes. The court rejected the owner’s sovereign citizen arguments that he was not subject to property taxes, finding no legal basis for his claims, and granted the county’s request for attorney’s fees and costs for responding to the owner’s frivolous appeal. [Stevens County v. Each and Every Lot, Wash. Ct. App., No. 39350-0-III, 08/15/24]

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