| In Re: Judicial Sale, No. 2009-987C.P., in the Court of Common Pleas of Susquehanna County, Pa. Pursuant to Court Order No. 2009-987C.P. dated
September 1, 2009, the Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau is authorized to sell the said tracts of land, free and
clear of the respective tax and municipal claims, liens, mortgages, charges and estates, except separately taxed
ground rents, pursuant to the provisions of Section 610, Article VI of the Act of July 7, 1947 P.L.1368, as
amended (72 P.S. 5860.610), as of May 9 & 10, 2006. The Tax Claim Bureau expressly makes no representation and
disclaims any warranty as to the title of any tax parcel hereby transferred.
The United States asserts all rights reserved under United States
Code, Title 26, Section 7425, which provides the United States of America with a right of redemption of the
property to be sold within 120 days of the sale.
Each
purchaser shall also be required to provide the Bureau with a certification the day of the sale that, within the
municipal jurisdiction, the person or persons are NOT delinquent in paying real estate taxes, and that no
municipal utility bills are outstanding. Certification shall be by receipts of paid real estate taxes and
municipal utility bills within the municipal jurisdiction, or by an affidavit stating payment of same to be
executed before a Notary Public.
Verification to be provided the Bureau by each
purchaser on the day of the sale stating he or she is not a Susquehanna County elected official or appointed
officer, nor the owner of the property purchased, nor a partner or shareholder of the owner, nor in a business
relationship with the owner, nor any other business association that has any individual as part of the business
association who had any ownership interest or rights in the property.
A blank affidavit is available from the Bureau
regarding the above certifications. It may be notarized at the Prothonotary’s or Recorder’s office in the
courthouse, and is to be delivered to the Bureau with payment immediately after the sale.
Any purchaser or purchasers are hereby notified
that Act 1998-5 added Section #619 to the Real Estate Tax Sale Law giving municipalities 15 days in which to
petition the court of common pleas to prohibit the transfer of the property to a purchaser.
Allegations to prohibit the sale to a purchaser are:
The purchaser has, over the last three years,
exhibited a course of conduct demonstrating that the purchaser permitted an uncorrected housing code violation
to continue unabated after being convicted of the violation;
The purchaser has failed to maintain the
property owned by that purchaser in a reasonable manner such that it posed a threat to health, safety, or
property; or permitted the use of property in an unsafe or unsanitary manner such that it posed a threat to
health, safety, or property;
The person acting as an agent for a purchaser
seeking to avoid the limitations placed on the purchase of the property by this section is subject to all
restrictions imposed by the act;
A change of name or business status shall not
defeat the purpose of this section.
The purchaser or purchasers shall also be
required to pay all costs for recording the deed, including all State and Local realty transfer taxes, which are
included in the minimum bid.
After the minimum bid, all bidding will be in
increments of no less than $100.00.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash, Certified
Check or
Money Order for the entire purchase price must be in the office of the Tax Claim Bureau immediately after the
Judicial Sale is completed;
Certification by purchaser(s) that no
delinquent taxes are owed, or no municipal utility bills are more than one year outstanding.
The County reserves the right to reject any
and all bids. |
