If your home is listed for a Dauphin County sheriff sale, you still have time to look at your options. Here is how the sale works, in plain words.
When and where sales happen
- Dauphin County holds 4 regular sheriff sales a year, always on a Thursday at 10:00 AM, in the Commissioners Hearing Room of the Administration Building at Second and Market Streets, Harrisburg.
- It also holds 4 continued sales a year, about halfway between the regular ones, in the Courthouse main lobby at Front and Market Streets.
- The sale list is free on the Sheriff's website. Regular sales are also printed in local papers for three weeks in a row before the sale.
You keep your home until the sale
Neither the sheriff nor the lender can come into your home before the sale. It stays yours until sale day.
Can a sale be postponed or stopped?
A sale can be postponed to a continued sale date or the next regular sale. The county lists three ways a sale stops: the lender's attorney stops it, a court order, or an active bankruptcy. Talk to an attorney or a HUD-approved housing counselor about which, if any, fits you.
What happens after the sale
The sheriff posts a distribution sheet for 10 days, and people can file objections during that time. Then the sheriff's deed is recorded and the money is paid out in the order the law sets.
This page is general information, not legal advice. For your own case, talk to an attorney or a free HUD-approved housing counselor.
Talk it through with us
Call 717-727-2392 for a free, confidential conversation about your options, with no obligation to sell. Free help is also available from a HUD-approved housing counselor and PHFA.