HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-6225IN RE: RETURN AND REPORT OF
A CONTINUED UPSET TAX SALE
HELD BY THE CUMBERLAND
COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU ON
DECEMBER 9, 2004
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
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PETITION FOR CONFIRMATION OF UPSET TAX SALE
Petitioner is the Cumberland County Tax Claim Bureau (hereinafter called
"Bureau") created under the provisions of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Act of July 7, 1947, P.L. 1368, as amended 72
P.S. § 5860.101 et sic.
On December 9, 2004 the Bureau held a Continued Upset Tax Sale listing forty-
one (41) properties for the collection of delinquent real estate taxes. Of the
properties offered one (1) received a bid equal to or higher than the fixed upset
price, twenty-three (23) were stayed due to bankruptcy or payment of taxes and
seventeen (17) did not receive a bid. A list of said properties is hereto attached
as Exhibit "A".
3. A Tax Sale Notice via certified mail, restricted delivery, returned receipts were
sent to each owner or reputed owner as listed in Column 1 of Exhibit "A".
On properties where return receipt was not received from each owner or reputed
owner, at least ten (10) days before date of continued Upset Sale, similar notice
of the sale was sent to each owner who failed to acknowledge the first notice by
United States first class mail, proof of mailing at his or her last known address.
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In accordance with the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, advertisement of the Upset
Tax Sale was made at least thirty (30) days prior to the original scheduled sale
date in at least three (3) newspapers of general circulation and the Cumberland
Law Journal and proofs of publication are hereto attached as Exhibit "B".
Personal service by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office was served on the
owner occupied properties as defined in Section 102 of the Pennsylvania Real
Estate Tax Sale Law.
7. The properties listed in Column 3 of Exhibit "A" were duly posted by the
Cumberland County Sheriff's Office or the County Assessment staff.
Certified mail, restricted delivery, return receipt was sent by the Bureau within
thirty (30) days following the sale to the owner at his last known mailing address
that the property was sold.
Your petitioner respectfully requests that the Court's Confirmation Nisi provide
that a notice regarding the property sold on December 9, 2004 be published once
in the Cumberland Law Journal, The Patriot News, and The Sentinel within ten
(10) days of the date of the Confirmation Nisi, and that any exceptions or
objections thereto be filed within thirty (30) days of the Court's order.
WHEREFORE the Bureau respectfully requests your Honorable Court to enter an
Order Confirmation Nisi in accordance with this Petition.
Stephen D. Tiley, Esquire
Assistant Cumberland County Solicitor
5 South Hanover Street
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
717 243-5838
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VERIFICATION
I, Melissa F. Mixell, Tax Claim Director, depose and say that the facts set forth in the
foregoing Petition for Confirmation-nisi of Upset Tax Sale are true and correct based partly
upon personal knowledge and the remainder upon information and belief; I understand that
this Verification is made subject to the penalties of 18 PA.C.S. § 4904, relating to unsworn
falsification tO authorities.
Dated: 4~~r /~j
Melissa F. Mixell, Dir.
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PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
IN CUMBERLAND LAW JOURNAL
(Under Act No. 587, approved May 16, 1929), P. L. 1784
STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA :
:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND :
SS.
Lisa Marie Coyne, Esquire, Editor of the Cumberland Law Journal, of the County and
State aforesaid, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that the Cumberland Law
Journal, a legal periodical published in the Borough of Carlisle in the County and State aforesaid,
was established January 2, 1952, and designated by the local courts as the official legal
periodical for the publication of all legal notices, and has, since January 2, 1952, been regularly
issued weekly in the said County, and that the printed notice or publication attached hereto is
exactly the same as was printed in the regular editions and issues of the said Cumberland Law
Journal on the following dates,
Viz
JULY 23, 2004
Affiant further deposes that he is authorized to verify this statement by the Cumberland
Law Journal, a legal periodical of general circulation, and that he is not interested in the subject
matter of the aforesaid notice or advertisement, and that all allegations in the foregoing
statements as to time, place and character of publication are true.
(_~sa Marie Coyne, F~itor
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this
23 day of JULY, 2004
'~)~t~AL SEAL (
LOIS E, SNYDER, Notary Public
Carlisle Boro, Cumberland County
~y Commission E~ires March 5, 2005
PROOF OF PUBLICATION
State of Pennsylvania, County of Cumberland
Tan'any Shoemaker, Customer Care/Sales Manager, of The Sentinel, of the County and
State aforesaid, being duly sworn, deposes and says that THE SENTINEL, a newspaper
of general circulation in the Borough of Carlisle, County and State aforesaid, was
established December 13% 1881, since which date THE SENTINEL has been regularly
issued in said County, and that the printed notice or publication attached hereto is
exactly the same as was printed and published in the regular editions and issues of
THE SENTINEL on the following date(s)
Iuly 19, 2004
COPY OF NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
Affiant further deposes that he/she is not
interested in the subject matter of the
aforesaid notice or advertisement, and that
all allegations in the foregoing statement
as to time, place and character of
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
11th day of August, 2004
/
Notary Public
THE PATRIOT NEWS
THE SUNDAY PATRIOT NEWS
Proof of Publication
Under Act No. 587, Approved May 16, 1929
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Dauphin} ss
Joseph A. Dennison, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
That he is the Assistant Controller of The Patriot News Co., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its principal office and place of business at 812 to 818 Market
Street, in the City of Harrisburg, County of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvama, owner and pubhsher of The Patriot-
News and The Sunday Patriot-News newspapers of general circulation, printed and published at 812 to 818 Market
Street, in the City, County and State aforesaid; that The Patriot-News and The Sunday Patriot-News were established
March 4th, 1854, and September 18th, 1949, respectively, and all have been continuously published ever since;
That the printed notice or publication wkich is securely attached hereto is exactly as printed and published
in their regular daily and/or Sunday/Metro editions which appeared on the 20th day(s) of July 2004. That neither he
nor said Company is interested in the subject matter of said printed notice or advertising, and that all of the
allegations of this statement as to the time, place and character of publication are true; and
That he has personal knowledge of the facts aforesaid and is duly authorized and empowered to verify this
statement on behalf of The Patriot-News Co. aforesaid by virtue and pursuant to a resolution unanimously passed
and adopted severally by the stockholders and board of directors of the said Company and subsequently duly
recorded in the office for the Recording of Deeds in and for said County of Dauphin in Miscellaneous Book "M",
Volume 14, Page 317.
PUBLICATION
COPY
Sworn to and subscribed before me,~t~ 20th day of JuJy 2004~A.D.
~YCOmm~s~on ~pir~ ~ne 6. 20~ NOT~ P~LIC
Member, Penneytv*nliAs~ocialion~IdSSiOB expires Jg~e 6, 2006
CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU
ATTN: MELISSA F. MIXELL, DIRECTOR
ONE COURTHOUSE SQUARE
CARLISLE, PA. 17013
Statement of Advertising Costs
To THE PATRIOT-NEWS CO.
For publishing the notice or publication attached
hereto on the above stated dates
2,952.55
Publisher's Receipt for Advertising Cost
The Patriot News Co., publisher &The Patriot-News and The Sunday Patriot-News, newspapers of general
circulation, hereby acknowledge receipt of the aforesaid notice and publication costs and certifies that the same have
been duly paid.
STATEMENT OF PUBLICATION:
To Whom R May Concern:
On July 21, 2004 The Guide News published the attadaed ad space for the Cumberland County
Tax Claim Bureau. The aforementioned ad space appeared in copies distributed by US Postal
Mail to households within the County of Cumberland, PA.
James Nelson
Ttxe Guide News Representative
Signed:
Date:
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
day of
My commission expires:
Nola~al Seal
Ma~ L. 8hughart, Notary Public
~h~al~ Bom, Cumberland County
My ~~ ~plms M~. 28, ~
IN RE: RETURN AND REPORT OF
A CONTINUED UPSET TAX SALE
HELD BY THE CUMBERLAND
COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU ON
DECEMBER 9, 2004
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION~,'..
NO. 2004-
ORDER OF CONFIRMATION NlSl
AND NOW, this I,-~)~'" day of ~ 2004, upon consideration of the
within Petition of Confirmation of Upset Tax Sale it is ordered and decreed that said Sale
by the Cumberland County Tax Claim Bureau shall be confirmed absolutely unless any
objections or exceptions to the Sale are filed on or before thirty (30) days from the date
hereof.
The
describing
Cumberland County Tax Claim Bureau shall publish a general notice
by address the property sold, the name of the prior owner(s) or reputed
owner(s), the fact that the property was sold at Upset Sale on December 9, 2004, the
filing of the within Petition for Confirmation of Upset Sale, and providing that the Sale will
be confirmed absolutely and finally unless objections or exceptions to the Sale are filed
on or before thirty (30) days from the date hereof. Said notice by the Cumberland County
Tax Claim Bureau shall be published once in the Cumberland Law Journal, The Patriot
News, and The Sentinel, within ten (10) days of the date of this Confirmation Nisi. Any
objection or exception to this Confirmation Nisi must be'filed within thirty '(30) days of the
date hereof.
Edgar . ayey, .
IN RE: RETURN AND REPORT OF
A CONTINUED UPSET TAX SALE
HELD BY THE CUMBERLAND
COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU ON
DECEMBER 9, 2004
IN THE COURT OF COMMON
PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
CIVIL DIVISION
NO. 2004 -6225 CIVIL
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that, pursuant to an Order of Confirmation Nisi
dated December 15, 2004, the Tax Claim Bureau published a general notice describing
by address the property sold, the name of the prior owner(s) or reputed owner(s), the fact
that the property was sold at Upset Sale December 9, 2004, the filing of the Petition for
Confirmation of Upset Sale, and the provision that the sale would be confirmed absolutely
and finally unless objections or exceptions to the Sale are filed on or before thirty (30)
days from the date of Confirmation Nisi. Proofs of publication in one newspaper of
general circulation and the Cumberland Law Journal are hereto attached.
Dated: January :::LI) 2005
THE PATRIOT NEWS
THE SUNDAY PATRIOT NEWS
Proof of Publication
Under Act No. 587, Approved May 16, 1929
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, County of Dauphin} ss
Shannon D. BilIhime, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says:
That she is a Staff Accountant with The Patriot News Co., a corporation organized and existing under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, with its principal office and place of business at 812 to 818 Market
Street, in the City of Harrisburg, County of Dauphin, State of Pennsylvania, owner and publisher of The Patriot-
News and The Sunday Patriot-News newspapers of general circulation, printed and published at 812 to 818 Market
Street. in the City, County and State aforesaid; that The Patriot-News and The Sunday Patriot-News were established
March 4th, 1854, and September 18th, 1949, respectively, and all have been continuously published ever since;
That the printed notice or publication which is securely attached hereto is exactly as printed and published
in their regular daily and/or Sunday! Metro editions which appeared on the 28th day(s) of December 2004. That
neither he nor said Company is interested in the subject matter of said printed notice or advertising, and that all of
the allegations of this statement as to the time, place and character of publication are true; and
That he has personal knowledge of the facts aforesaid and is duly authorized and empowered to verify this
statement on behalf of The Patriot-News Co. aforesaid by virtue and pursuant to a resolution unanimously passed
and adopted severally by the stockholders and board of directors of the said Company and subsequently duly
recorded in the office for the Recording of Deeds in and for said County of Dauphin in Miscellaneous Book "M",
Volume 14, Page 317.
PUBLICATION
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU
ATTN: MELISSAMIXELL
I COURTHOUSE SQUARE
CARLISLE, PA. 17013
103.15
Publisher's Receipt for Advertising Cost
The Patriot News Co., publisher of The Patriot-News and The Sunday Patriot-News, newspapers of general
circulation, hereby acknowledge receipt of the aforesaid notice and publication costs and certifies that the same have
been duly paid.
By....................................................................
PROOF OF PUBLICATION OF NOTICE
IN CUMBERLAND LAW JOURNAL
(Under Act No. 587, approved May 16, 1929), P. L.1784
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
ss.
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
Lisa Marie Coyne, Esquire, Editor of the Cumberland Law Journal, of the County and
State aforesaid, being duly sworn, according to law, deposes and says that the Cumberland Law
Journal, a legal periodical published in the Borough of Carlisle in the County and State aforesaid,
was established January 2, 1952, and designated by the local courts as the official legal
periodical for the publication of all legal notices, and has, since January 2, 1952, been regularly
issued weekly in the said County, and that the printed notice or publication attached hereto is
exactly the same as was printed in the regular editions and issues of the said Cumberland Law
Journal on the following dates,
Viz
DECEMBER 31,2004
Affiant further deposes that he is authorized to verify this statement by the Cumberland
Law Journal, a legal periodical of general circulation, and that he is not interested in the subject
matter of the aforesaid notice or advertisement, and that all allegations in the foregoing
statements as to time, place and character of publication are true.
r)lO
, Li Marie Coyne, ditor
i /
I, ,.~
sWcrRN TO AND SUBSCRIBED before me this
31 day of DECEMBER, 2004
~A~ L .~--dV1/
Notary ..r) .
CUMBERLAND LAW JOURNAL
NOTICE
In the Court of Common Pleas
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
2004-6225 Civil
IN RE: RETURN AND REPORT
OF AN UPSET TAX SALE HELD
BY TIlE CUMBERLAND COUNTY
TAX CLAIM BUREAU ON
DECEMBER 9. 2004
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Tax Claim Bureau of Cumberland
County, Pennsylvania, has present-
ed its Petition for Confirmation to
the Court with respect to an Upset
Tax Sale of Real Estate held Decem-
ber 9, 2004, and the same was con-
firmed Nisi on December 15. 2004.
Said property is described as fol-
lows;
Owner jReputed Owner; Prop-
erty Description
Hartman. Matthew, Judith M.
Hartman: 512 Salem Acres, Hamp-
den Twp., mobile home-no land tax
parcel no. 10-19-1606-018 TROO520
Unless objections or exceptions
are filed hereto by any owner, lien
creditor or other interested party by
January 15. 2005 with this court,
a decree of absolute confirmation
shall be entered as of course by the
Cumberland County Office of the
Prothonotary.
Cumberland County
Tax Claim Bureau
Melissa F. MiXell, Director
Stephen D. Tiley, Solicitor
Dec. 31
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IN RE: UPSET TAX SALE OF
DECEMBER 9, 2004
UNDER THE REAL ESTATE
TAX SALE LAW;
PROPERTY OF
MATTHEW HARTMAN
JUDITH M. HARTMAN
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA
NO. 2004-6225 CIVIL
TAX PARCEL NO.:
10-19-1606-018 TR00520
PRJECIPE FOR DECREE OF ABSOLUTE CONFIRMATION
TO: Cumberland County Prothonotary
On December 15, 2004 the Court entered Confirmation Nisi concerning the
Cumberland County Tax Claim Bureau Upset Sale held December 9,2004.
On January 21, 2005 proofs of publication of the Notice of Confirmation Nisi were
filed.
No objections or exceptions to the above-mentioned property have been filed.
Section 607 (c) of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law (72 P.S. ~5860.607(c))
provides:
In case no objections or exceptions are filed to any such sale within thirty (30) days after
the court has made a confirmation nisi, a decree of absolute confirmation shall be
entered as of course by the Prothonotary.
Please enter a Decree of Absolute Confirmation for the sale of property owned
by Matthew G. Hartman and Judith M. Hartman as referred above.
DATED: ~"'/*,~o2.9C'5-
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Ste'fJhen . Tiley, Esquire
Attorney for Cumberland County Tax Claim Bureau
5 South Hanover Street
Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013
(717) 243-5838
January 3{ ,2005
A Final Decree of Absolute Confirmation is hereby
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