Legal Opinion
O'Brien v. Lackawanna County Tax Claim Bureau
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 20, 2005PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
President Judge COLINS.
Santarelli Real Estate, Inc. (Santarelli) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County that granted the petition of John O’Brien seeking to set aside a tax sale by the Lackawanna County Tax Claim Bureau (Tax Bureau) of an improved lot of land O’Brien owned.
The trial court concluded that the Bureau had not satisfied the notice requirements of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law, Act of July 7, 1947, P.L. 1368, as amended, 72 P.S. §§ 5860.101-5860.803, by failing to post reasonable notice of the sale on the property.
The pertinent facts as found by…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Sabbeth v. TAX CLAIM BUREAU OF FULTON CTY.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Ban v. Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Hunter v. Washington County Tax BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- In Re Upset Price Tax SaleCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Donofrio v. Northampton County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In RE UPSET SALE TAX CLAIM BUREAU McKEAN CTY. ON SEP. 10, 2007Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- U.S. National Bank Association v. United Hands Community Land Trust ~ Appeal of: W. CasconeCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Wiles v. Washington County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- In Re Somerset County Tax Sale of Real Estate Assessed in the Name of Tub Mill Farms, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Popple v. Luzerne County Tax Claim BureauCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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