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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 3-5 Abatement of claim already paid.">
  <section prefix="§" num="3-5" heading="Abatement of claim already paid.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="Board to investigate claim.">Upon the representation of any taxpayer that he or she has paid the taxes or other municipal charges for which the Director of Finance has demanded payment, the Board of Municipal and Zoning Appeals is hereby authorized to investigate the case.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Abatement on proof of payment.">If the party shall declare his or her receipt has been destroyed or lost, and if undoubted proof or satisfactory documentary evidence is given that the said bill has been paid, the claim shall be abated.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1950, art. 37, §32(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1966, art. 28, §33(1st sen.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">1976/83, art. 28, §2(1st, 2nd sens.)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 44-149</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 67-1057</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
