Judicial Sale

 

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A person that intends to bid at a scheduled judicial sale must appear, register, and pay a
$50.00 registration fee at the bureau no later than 3:30PM on April 4, 2025.
2. In order to register for a scheduled judicial sale, the person must submit an application in
person at the Tax Claim Bureau office that includes the following information:
(a) The individual's name, residential address and phone number.
(b) An affidavit stating that the applicant:
(i) is not delinquent in paying real estate taxes to any taxing district in this
Commonwealth and that the applicant has no municipal utility bills, as defined in
section 619.1(b), that are not more than one year outstanding anywhere in this
Commonwealth;
(ii) is not bidding for or acting as an agent for a person who is barred from
participating in the sale under section 601(d);
(iii) has not, within the three (3) years preceding the filing of the application,
engaged in a course of conduct or permitted an uncorrected housing code violation,
as defined in section 619(e), to continue unabated after being convicted of an
uncorrected housing code violation, as defined in section 619(e), and has not
either:
(A) failed to maintain property owned by the applicant in a
reasonable manner such that the property posed a threat to health, safety
or property; or
(B) permitted the use of property in an unsafe, illegal or unsanitary
manner such that the property posed a threat to health, safety or property;
and
(iv) understands that an applicant who signs a bidder registration
application knowing that it contains a false statement and who causes it to be filed
with the bureau shall be subject to prosecution for the commission of a
misdemeanor of the second degree in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904(a) (relating to
unsworn falsification to authorities).
3. A successful bidder shall not tender a bad certified check or money order to the Tax
Claim Bureau when purchasing a property in any sale. If this should occur that bidder
shall not be permitted to bid on any properties in future sales and will be referred to
the Schuylkill County District Attorney’s Office for prosecution of the Pennsylvania
Crimes Code, 18 Pa. C.S.A. Section 4105 which may lead to a Conviction of a Felony of
the Third Degree.
4. A successful bidder shall be required to provide a certification/affidavit to the Bureau
that, within the municipal jurisdiction, such person is not delinquent in paying real
estate taxes owed to taxing bodies within Schuylkill County.
5. A successful bidder shall be required to provide certification to the Bureau that, within
municipal jurisdiction, such person is not delinquent in paying municipal utility bills
owed to municipalities within Schuylkill County.
6. Pursuant to Section 601(d) of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. Section 5860.601(d), I
hereby certify that I have not had a landlord license revoked in any municipality within
the County of Schuylkill, and I further certify that I am not bidding for, or acting as an
agent for a person whose landlord license has been revoked.
7. A successful bidder who fails to tender payment in accordance with the time period
provided by the Tax Claim Bureau, shall not be permitted to bid on any properties in
future sales. All successful bidders must pay the Tax Claim Bureau either in cash, by
money order or by certified funds. All money orders or certified checks shall be made
payable to Elite Revenue Solutions, LLC.