municipal claims) and 2534 (relating to counties of the first
class, recovery of judgment and sale free from claims), in
cities of the first or second class and counties of the second
class and municipalities located within counties of the second
class, if a claimant has filed a tax or municipal claim in
accordance with the requirements of this chapter, the claimant
may file a petition in the court in which the proceeding is
pending, stating the facts necessary to show the right to sell,
together with searches or a title insurance policy, showing the
state of record and the ownership of the property and of all tax
and municipal claims, liens, mortgages, ground rents or other
charges on, or estates in, the land, as shown by the official
records of the city, county or political subdivision in which
the real estate is located.
(b) Hearing.--Upon a showing under this section, the court
shall conduct a hearing with all interested parties appearing to
show cause why a decree should not be made that the property be
sold, freed and cleared of the respective claims, liens,
mortgages, ground rents, charges and estates of any kind.
(c) Sale.--If, upon a hearing, the court is satisfied that
the facts stated in the petition are true and service has been
properly made in accordance with section 2545 (relating to rule
to show cause, decree, service and notice) , the court shall
order and decree that the property be sold at a subsequent
sheriff's sale at a time to be fixed by the claimant, clear of
all claims, liens, mortgages, ground rents, charges and estates
of any kind, to the highest bidder at the sale.
(d) Proceeds of sale.--After payment of the tax or municipal
lien, any remaining proceeds shall be distributed in accordance
with the priority of the remaining claims, liens, mortgages,
ground rents, charges and estates and the purchaser at the sale
shall take and forever thereafter have an absolute title to the
property sold, free and discharged of all tax and municipal
claims, liens, mortgages, ground rents, charges and estates of
any kind, subject only to the right of redemption as provided by
law. The date of the sale shall be advertised in at least one
newspaper of general circulation in the county in which the
property is located and in a legal periodical published therein,
if any.
(e) Deed.--The deed to the purchaser shall be executed,
acknowledged and delivered as in other real estate sales by the
sheriff. Deeds for property exposed for a sale under this
section shall not be executed, acknowledged and delivered any
sooner than 30 days nor later than 120 days after the purchaser
pays the balance due to the sheriff for a sale held under this
section. A individual interested may, at any time prior to the
proposed sale, pay all the costs of the proceedings, including
the cost for the title search or title insurance policy, and all
tax and municipal claims, penalties and interest thereon,
charged against the property, and the proceedings on the
petition shall at once determine.
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