Who owns contents of a foreclosed house sold at auction?
611291
Person who bought the house.  Good luck getting those people out though.
775347
In light of what you've been told here, wait until the subject property your friend wants to purchase goes on the market. Most are listed after they are cleaned, inspected and the past owners are vacated. \n\nI've been investing in properties for 25 years and have never purchased a foreclosed home at auction due to the fact of hidden problems and non-liability of the sellers...Good Luck!
495549
If the house is paid for then your parents have it and it's probably hidden from you for good reason. Otherwise the people they pay their mortgage note to has the deed and I'm sure your parents know who that is. Probably a bank of some type.You can go to the courthouse in the county where the land is physically and find all the documents related to the property. \n\nFYI: A title company is a company that searches for the type of info you are looking for by searching on the net and/or going to the courthouse and finding deed and title info. They don't hold the deed to anyone's property.
378271
Who are "you" in this question?  The original owner of the property?\n\nWhat happens is:  The sheriff seizes and sells the property of someone who owes money.  The money made from the sale goes to pay off the person who is owed money, and any left over goes to the person who owed the money and was the owner of the property that was taken and sold.
111447
You can easily find out who owns a house through your County Auditor.  Most counties have a website that allows you to search the auditor's records.  You can find this by searching "<Your County> Auditor" on yahoo.  Once there you can usually search by the address of the property you want to know about.  If there is no website available you can call your local auditor's office.
759667
No. It is under foreclosure because the tenant, who does not own it, could not pay for staying there. If the tenant says here is proof (bankruptcy filing) that I can not pay for it that will not stop the foreclosure. The auction is the bank trying to deal with the owner's foreclosure. It has nothing to do with the tenant.\n\nIf you meant the owner living there, not a tenant, he has lost any rights to the house at foreclosure so it is not an asset that is part of his bankruptcy so again there is no impact.\n\nIf there was a prayer that an owner could avoid foreclosure or have enough money to buy the property at auction that is long gone. It just doesn't happen in real life.
965426
Go to the county office, the county secretary or clerk should be able to help you. They usually have a lot of properties left over after the tax auctions. I'm about to start purchasing some of these homes myself from different counties. I hope this helps you
140952
They still own it.  On real property, as long as they pay taxes.
1122502
Ok, well to start, you'd have to check back in the title (public records of the county where the property is located) to see if the property was part of a probate.  \n\nA trustees deed means the house was foreclosed on.  (The number you're referring to is called an APN number by the way  :)\n\nGo back in the county records and see what information you can get from the recorded documents.  If there is a title insurer listed on the most recent deed, try to contact them.  If nothing else, the information you receive may be able to lead you to an attorney who handled your fathers estate and you can ask questions from there.
1078958
No. It's gone. Whoever bought it owns it and is under no requirement to sell it back to you. The time to do something about this was before the foreclosure sale, preferably before things reached this point. Not only that, if the lender did not recoup the money owed in the foreclosure sale, they can still come after you to collect the rest of what they are owed. And your credit rating will reflect this disaster for many years to come. Sorry.\n\nPS If this had been a tax sale (your property was sold to pay off unpaid real estate taxes) you would have had a period afterwards in which you could still buy back your property. But a foreclosure sale is permanent.
1013956
The lender that holds the lien.
964286
do a title search.\nit is worth paying the title company to do this.\ndoing yourself is difficult.\nif the county has public access to recordslook up the current owner. the document will show a recording date and a cross reference #. trace theat # and it will tell you the seller.look up that seller in general ref if you  have to but usually the recording # will tell you what you need to know. keep doing this until you get to the time period you want..\nwhen the owners name you want appears, then you have to do a geneological trace to0 find family who may or may not have pictures, and may or may not share them with you.\nstewart and american are both natiowide as i remember\nwhen you call them area code 555 1212 for info, ask for customer service.
1035284
if it was sold through a auction house you won't get the info. either way, if you know where it was sold from, you can leave your name and number with the auction house or the last seller to contact the buyer. good hunting.
948116
You might be able to find out some info on the computer, it's really going to depend on where you are and what exactly you want to find out. If you're looking for information about who owns the property, I'd suggest looking up your local tax assessor to see if they have a database. If they don't, you may be able to find out who they have listed as the owner by calling them. Yes, a title company search can tell you a lot about the property, but it may not be the information that you're looking for. Normally a title report (sometimes called a "commitment") will tell you about any open liens (mortgages, tax liens, unpaid contractors, etc.), easements, conditions and restrictions (for example, you can't have a fence more than 6' high in this neighborhood, that sort of thing). However, if you're looking for more of a history of the building (did any famous people live here, any exciting events, etc.), you'd probably want to check with the neighbors and/or the historical society. Hopefully this helps, Good luck!
843784
Call the county (or State) tax department and ask if they auction  tax liens.....some do and some don't. Some auction the property for complete ownership to pay the tax lien, some don't....depends on the county/state\n\nMike\n\n====================
312307
you may want to go to the courthouse to see the houses that are about to go into foreclosure. That way you might be able to negotiate with a motivated seller and get a good deal. All these things are public record so the courthouse might be the first place to look. There you could enquire how to look up these records.
289448
if you want to know who owned the property, check with the municipality.  if you need a notarized copy attesting to that, the town should know who notarized the sale.  they might not have a copy but you can try and find if the notary is still in business and has the records