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Ex. MET-PIT-033 Order Primary source read

Order of Court of June 2, 2021: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real Estate

In re: Continuance of Sheriff Sale Proceedings for Certain Residential Real Estate

Kim Berkeley Clark, President Judge · Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) (Court)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Fifth Judicial District of Pennsylvania (Allegheny County) · Pittsburgh · Pennsylvania
Level
Court
Authority
Pa.R.J.A. No. 1952(B)(2); No. 23 WM 2020; Homeowner Assistance Fund, American Rescue Plan Act of 2021
Issued
2021-06-02 June 2, 2021
Effective
2021-06-02
End
2021-09-07 (postponed sales proceed on or after the September 7, 2021 sale date) (read as 2021-09-07)
In force
June 2, 2021 to Sept. 7, 2021
Quarters
2021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Courts and public offices
Addressees
  • Allegheny County Sheriff
  • mortgagees and taxing bodies (plaintiffs)
  • homeowners
Functions reached
  • SV servicing and foreclosure (residential sheriff sales postponed)
  • CL closings on foreclosed property
  • CB lenders and taxing bodies
Collection
Pittsburgh MET-PIT

Operative words

all Sheriff Sale Proceedings in Allegheny County for non-payment of property taxes and/or mortgages of residential properties scheduled for the June 7, 2021 regularly scheduled monthly sale are hereby continued to the July 6, 2021 sale date... All Sheriff Sale Proceedings scheduled for non-payment of property taxes and/or mortgages of residential properties on July 6, 2021 (including those postponed by this Order from June 7, 2021) and August 2, 2021, shall be postponed to September 7, 2021 or a subsequent date at the selection of the Plaintiff, subject to the following exceptions: Properties for sale where the judgement was issued before January 1, 2020, may proceed... Properties for sale which are vacant may proceed... provided that the Plaintiff... files an affidavit affirming that the property is uninhabited

Enforcement

Court order to the Sheriff; affidavit requirement.

Notes

Q3 2021 instrument: the July 6 and August 2, 2021 residential sales were postponed to September 7, 2021.