Tax certificate Alabama

[Theorun Maxwell]

The House Bought in tax sale .House is up for sale .Call the agent ask her to remove the sign and listing and Lock box on 6-30-17 .How long Should i Give the agent  to removal sign listing and lock box.What are my options with this by the.way checked  and there's no liens on the house .

[Denise Evans]

@Theorun Maxwell, the owner can sell the house, it just can't deliver good title until it redeems from you.  Also, while the investor is entitled to possession as soon as it receives the tax certificate, it is not entitled to self-help to take possession. If the taxpayer (or its tenants or agents) refuses to deliver possession, then the investor must give written notice to vacate, wait six months, and then file an ejectment lawsuit. If the investor had a tax deed, it would not have to wait six months after notice, it could file ejectment immediately.  Tax deeds are not available until 3 years after the auction. Despite the warm fuzzy feeling a deed gives you, it does not provide good title, and the taxpayer might still have redemption rights, under Alabama's judicial redemption remedy, depending on whether the investor was able take and hold possession during the administrative redemption period.