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SUSQUEHANNA
COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU 2010 SALE OF LAND (UPSET SALE)
TO THE OWNERS OR REPUTED OWNER OF PROPERTIES
DESCRIBED IN THIS NOTICE AND TO ALL PERSONS HAVING TAX LIENS, TAX JUDGMENTS, OR
MUNICIPAL CLAIMS AGAINST SUCH PROPERTIES:
You are hereby notified that the Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau pursuant to
the Act of Assembly approved July 7, 1947, Act No. 542, as amended, will expose
to and offer at Public Sale, commencing Monday, September 13, 2010 at 10:00
A.M., PREVAILING TIME at the Courthouse, Montrose, Pennsylvania, the hereinafter
described properties, all of which are located in Susquehanna County, as
hereinafter set forth:
(a) PURPOSE OF SALE:
To sell such properties against which for the year 2008 and/or prior years, a
tax claim or claims have become absolute and the period of redemption has
expired without the property having been redeemed or against which a tax judgment(s) has heretofore been entered under the various Acts of Assembly,
which judgment has not been satisfied and/or which a sale has not been stayed by
agreement in the manner hereinafter provided; or if a Stay of Sale Agreement has
heretofore been entered into, a default has occurred for a period of at least
ninety (90) days prior to this scheduled sale.
(b) TIME OF SALE:
Said sale will commence MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2010 AT 10:00 A.M. PREVAILING TIME
AND WILL CONTINUE FROM DAY TO DAY THEREAFTER UNTIL ALL OF THE SAID PROPERTIES
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED AND OFFERED TO PUBLIC SALE. IN THOSE CASES WHERE A BID IS NOT
MADE EQUAL TO THE UPSET PRICE AS HEREINAFTER SET FORTH, the sale of such
properties will be continued from month to month without further advertisement,
as provided by law.
(c) PLACE OF SALE:
In the Susquehanna County Courthouse, Montrose, Susquehanna County,
Pennsylvania, 1st floor hallway of Courthouse.
(d) TERMS OF SALE:
CASH OR CERTIFIED CHECK for the entire purchase price as soon as the
property is struck down. If the bid is not immediately paid, the sale will be
voided and the property will be put up again. No sale will be made unless the
bid is at least equal to the upset price. The approximate upset price is
hereinafter set out after the description of each property and includes all
taxes, penalties, returning fees, interest and costs as recorded in the Tax
Claim Bureau and the approximate cost of this sale pro-rated. Any variation or
changes in the upset price of any property will be announced at the time of the
sale.
(e) AGREEMENT OF SALE:
The sale of any property may, at the option of the Bureau, be stayed if the
owner thereof, or any lien creditor of the owner, on or before the date of the
sale enters into an agreement with the Bureau to pay the taxes in installments,
as follows: Twenty-five (25%) percent of the amount due on all tax claims and
tax judgments filed or entered against such property and the interest on the
taxes returned to date and agreeing to pay the balance of said claims and
judgments and the interest thereon in not more than three (3) installments, (the
first installment to include all costs), all within one (1) year of the date of
said agreement, as provided by Section 603 of the Act of Assembly, July 7,
1947, Act No. 542.
(f) REDEMPTION BEFORE SALE:
Any owner, his heirs or legal representatives, or any lien creditor, heirs,
assigns or legal representatives, or other interested persons, prior to the
actual sale, may redeem any property for the benefit of the owner by paying the
Bureau the amount of the claim, interest and all costs as well as any other
accrued taxes, penalties, and interest.
(g) CONDITIONS OF SALE:
The Bureau sells each tax parcel as the same is described on the County
Assessment rolls and the dockets maintained in the Tax Claim Bureau and makes no
representation or warranty as to the description of said tax parcel, nor will
the Bureau make any survey on a tax parcel sold. The Bureau makes no guarantee
as to the existence of any Mobile Homes subject and exposed to sale.
All tax parcels exposed to sale and
sold at the upset sale are done so pursuant to the authority contained in the
Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, Act of July 7, 1947, P.L.1368, No. 542,
as amended, 72 P.S. 5860.101 et seq. Any and all titles transferred by the
Tax Claim Bureau as a result of the upset sale are under and subject to said
Real Estate Tax Sale Law, and any lien or claim on any such parcel sold and
title therefore transferred thereby shall be divested only as may be authorized
by Section 609 of said Real Estate Tax Sale Law, as amended, 72 P.S. 5860.609.
The Tax Claim Bureau expressly makes no representation and disclaims any
warranty as to the title of any tax parcel hereby transferred as being
unencumbered.
The purchaser or purchasers shall be
required to pay the current taxes of the year 2010. The purchaser or purchasers
shall also be required to pay all costs for recording the deed, including all
State and Local realty transfer taxes.
The purchaser(s) shall also be
required to provide the Bureau with a certification the day of the sale that,
within the municipal jurisdiction, the person(s) is 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. Certification to be
executed by each purchaser the day of the sale stating he or she is not a
Susquehanna County elected official or appointed officer. A blank affidavit is
available from the Bureau or online at www.susqco.com
All properties sold in this
Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau sale of land are sold under the RULE
OF CAVEAT EMPTOR, OR LET THE BUYER BEWARE, and all purchasers are
accordingly hereby so notified.
CATHERINE R BENEDICT, Director
Upset Sale 2010 Advertised List
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