Meridian Title Tax Sale Certification Product

[Grant Anderson]

Hi all,

I recently purchased a property with a house on it that included the vacant lot next to it. The prior owner received the lot from a tax sale in 2009. They did not do anything with the property, just left it vacant. When I purchased it the title company would not insure the title so I started inquiring about doing a quiet title on the property, I would like to sell it to someone wanting to develop it. Recently I found that Meridian Title has a product called Tax Sale Certification where they will issue a title policy in 10-15 days but the fees are higher. Has anyone used this product? Did you or your buyer have any issues when they went to sell the property? Thanks for any advice.

[John Underwood]

All you need is a Quit Claim deed from person who lost property via tax sale and a title search to make sure nothing else is going on. Then you can get regular title insurance if you want it.