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Murphy v. Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau

Order setting aside tax sale of plaintiff's real property affirmed because Bureau's efforts to notify plaintiff of the sale were not "reasonable" as contemplated by the additional notice requirement provisions of the Tax Sale Law.

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Submitted: September 12, 2001

OPINION

Joseph Squires and John Robson (Purchasers) appeal from the December 11, 2000 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) that granted a petition filed on behalf of Michael Murphy to set aside the tax sale of Murphy’s real property (subject property) located in Mountaintop Estates, Smithfield Township, Monroe County. Purchasers contend that the trial court erred (1) in failing to determine that Murphy’s petition to set aside the tax sale was barred by the six-month statute of limitations contained in Section 5522(b)(5) of the Judicial Code, 42 Pa. C.S. �5522(b)(5); and (2) in failing to determine that the Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau (Bureau) sufficiently complied with the notice provisions of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law (Tax Sale Law).*fn1 We affirm. The trial court found the following facts. Murphy purchased the subject property, an undeveloped residential building lot, in 1967. Murphy failed to pay the 1994 school real estate tax and the Bureau subsequently scheduled a tax sale of the property for September 20, 1996.

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