Short answer. Yes. Property once redeemed may be redeemed again within sixty days after the last redemption. The next redemptioner pays the sum paid on the last redemption plus two per cent, together with any taxes or assessments the last redemptioner paid and any prior liens he holds, with interest.
What the law says
Property so redeemed may again be redeemed within sixty days after the last redemption upon payment of the sum paid on the last redemption, with two per centum thereon in addition
Rule 39, Section 28 — Time and manner of, and amounts payable on, successive redemptions; notice to be given and filed. Read the full provision →
What the law says
Written notice of any redemption must be given to the officer who made the sale and a duplicate filed with the registry of deeds of the place
Rule 39, Section 28 — Time and manner of, and amounts payable on, successive redemptions; notice to be given and filed. Read the full provision →
Redemption does not necessarily end at the first one
Section 28 provides for successive redemptions, which is why its heading speaks of amounts payable on redemptions in the plural. The first redemption is made from the purchaser within one year from the registration of the certificate of sale. After that, property so redeemed may again be redeemed within sixty days after the last redemption. And the section keeps going: the property may be redeemed again, and as often as a redemptioner is so disposed, from any previous redemptioner within sixty days after the last redemption. So a redemption fixes the position for sixty days, not permanently.
What the next redemptioner has to pay
The price of a successive redemption is built up in layers. The redeeming party pays the sum paid on the last redemption, with two per centum thereon in addition. To that is added the amount of any assessments or taxes which the last redemptioner paid on the property after redeeming it, with interest on that amount. Added as well is the amount of any liens held by that last redemptioner prior to his own, with interest. The two per cent figure is what distinguishes a successive redemption from the first one, where the addition is one per cent per month up to the time of redemption.
The sixty days run from the last redemption
The clock for each successive redemption is measured from the last redemption, not from the original sale and not from the registration of the certificate of sale. That is what allows the chain to continue past the one-year period that governs redemption from the purchaser. It also means the deadline facing a creditor who wants to redeem from a redemptioner is short and specific, and it restarts each time someone else redeems. Anyone considering this should be working from the actual dates of each redemption in the record rather than from the date of the auction.
Notice, and the price of not filing it
The section attaches a filing duty with real consequences. Written notice of any redemption must be given to the officer who made the sale, and a duplicate filed with the registry of deeds of the place. The same notice requirement applies where the redemptioner pays assessments or taxes, or has or acquires any lien other than the one on which the redemption was made. The sanction is stated plainly: if such notice be not filed, the property may be redeemed without paying those assessments, taxes or liens. A redemptioner who skips the filing may recover less than he laid out.