Hi All,
I purchased my first judicial tax sale last year. I thought that I did enough research into it but I clearly did not. So I had to learn the hard way that most title company wont underwrite a title insurance until one year has elapsed since the tax sale. Anyway, that's not the question here.
I am trying to resolve an issue on the title commitment. It looks like the owners of the property passed away prior to the tax sale. so the title company has a line item in the commitment stating that "possible outstanding interest of known and unknown heirs of Owner 1, deceased and known and unknown heirs of Owner 2, deceased pursuant to Tax Sale recorded on ... in record book.... (Note: did not receive sufficient notice of sale)" So the title company is saying that i need to do a quiet title. I called up the tax revenue department that conducted the sale, and they said that they published the sale in two different newspapers. I was wondering if that would be enough for this. And any advice on how to resolve this would be appreciated.
Here is a little additional information. I tried to speak to the title agent, but they are not interested in helping me resolve this because I owned the property for less than 1 year which means they can't provide title insurance so they wont be able to collect their fees. So there is no incentive. I am having trouble finding a real estate attorney who specializes in this area. The few that i called weren't really helpful.
I would appreciate any help with this. If anyone knows a good real estate attorney in the Lehigh valley area that specializes in tax sales, that'd be much appreciated
