tax sale overages

[Ehab Tadrous]

Dear ALl, i recently bought a parcel of land in a tax auction , plus other properties also were sold at the same auction and there is a high margin on all the transactions happened that time , my question is  am i allowed to claim the tax overage for myself as the new property owner or no ? the old owner is not available because he is either in a senior house with old age or mental problems or probably dead by now as far as i learnt on that part , thanks for your help