Montgomery County Tax Claim Bureau v. Mermelstein Family Trust

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

We are asked whether the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County (trial court) erred in sustaining the objections of Mermelstein Family Trust (Trust) and setting aside a judicial sale. Agreeing the sale is invalid because the record owner was not served with the predicate rule to show cause, we affirm.

In April 2000, upon the recording of a deed in Montgomery County, the Trust became the record owner of the property located at 351 Red Lion Road, Huntingdon Valley, Lower Moreland Township (Property). Thereafter, the Property was exposed at a tax upset sale; however,…