Q: How long after probate court do a person have to vacate property Sold at tax sale
A:
The question asks about two different areas of law. Probate and Tax Sale might both be involved in a particular situation but one really has no bearing on the other.
If property is sold at tax sale, the record owner (or anyone else interested in the property) has a legal right to redeem the property by paying the back taxes and any interest/penalties/fees anytime within the first 6 months after tax sale. After 6 months after tax sale, the tax sale purchaser can file suit to foreclose and get the property. The property owner (or interested person, say an heir or personal representative if the owner died) can still redeem up until the judge makes a final ruling. After the judge signs off in a tax sale case, the tax sale purchaser becomes the new owner of the property and generally by that point the new owner will try to take possession.
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