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Tender Packages & Municipal Tax Sales Rules
The Tender Packages contain the following documents: (1) Property Map; (2) Prescribed Form 7: Tender to Purchase; (3) Tender Submission Envelope/Form; (4) Municipal Tax Sales Rules.
MUNICIPAL ACT, 2001
Ontario Regulation 181/03, Municipal Tax Sales Rules
THE CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE
TAKE NOTICE that tenders are invited for the purchase of the lands described below and will be received until 3:00 p.m. local time on Wednesday, September 11, 2024 at the City Tax Office, 2nd Floor, Civic Centre, 99 Foster Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
The tenders will then be opened in public on the same day immediately following the 3:00 p.m. deadline in the Russ Ramsay Room, 3rd Floor, Civic Centre, 99 Foster Drive, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
Property #1 CANCELLED
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-020-017-095-00;140 Woodward Avenue; PT LT 5 PL 149 ST. MARY'S AS IN T431994 S/T & T/W T431994; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31538-0074 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $133,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $14,656.54
Property #2 CANCELLED
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-020-041-004-00; 701 Queen Street East; LT 6-7 PL 323 ST. MARY'S; PT LT 8 PL 323 ST. MARY'S AS IN T268144; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31541-0154 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $142,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $37,628.26
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-030-085-150-03; 257 Glengary Gate Crescent; LOT 1, PLAN 1M594; SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT IN GROSS OVER PT 1 PL 1R13115 AS IN AL148597; CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31510-0206 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $210,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $45,065.29
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-040-007-050-00; 160 Kehoe Avenue; PT LT 279-280 PL 1489 KORAH AS IN T149339; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31571-0279 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $89,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $12,150.03
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-040-016-071-00; 315 Huron Street; PT LT 30 PL 727 KORAH AS IN T212039; S/T EXECUTION 95-000149, IF ENFORCEABLE; S/T EXECUTION 96-000580, IF ENFORCEABLE; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31575-0035 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $82,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $10,809.27
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-040-029-088-00; 267 St. James Street; LT 185 PL 727 KORAH; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31575-0188 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $83,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $9,506.73
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-040-031-011-00; 629-633 Queen Street West; PT LT 4 S/S SUPERIOR ST, PT LT 5 S/S SUPERIOR ST PL TOWN PLOT OF ST. MARY'S AS IN T468218 AND T437658; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31578-0291(LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $160,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $25,731.87
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-040-031-081-00; 475 Queen Street West (Rear); PT LT 21 PL 1255 ST. MARY'S AS IN T426008; S/T INTEREST IN T100190; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31578-0223 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $82,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $10,713.13
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-050-006-046-00; 583 Sherbourne Street; LT 405 PL 1749 KORAH; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31580-0368 (R)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $56,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $55,445.67
Property #10 CANCELLED
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-050-009-014-00; 137 Wallace Terrace; LT 84 PL 1749 KORAH; SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31580-0087 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $92,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $12,046.52
Property #11 CANCELLED
Description of Land: Roll No. 5761-050-013-136-00; 277 Sixth Avenue; LT A PL M30 KORAH; PT LT 113 PL M30 KORAH PT 2 AR966 EXCEPT PT 3 1R13175; PART LANE PLAN M30 KORAH CLOSED BY AL190373 PART 3 PLAN 1R13455; SUBJECT TO AN EASEMENT AS IN AL192745; CITY OF SAULT STE. MARIE; PIN 31590-0279 (LT)
According to the last returned assessment roll, the assessed value of the land is $110,000
Minimum Tender Amount: $14,114.87
This tax sale is subject to cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the Municipal Act’s tax sale provisions.
Tenders must be submitted in the prescribed form and must be accompanied by a deposit of at least 20 per cent of the tender amount, which deposit shall be made by way of a certified cheque/ bank draft/ money order payable to the municipality.
The City is not obliged to provide a survey or reference plan for any parcel of land being sold under tax sale.
Except as follows, the municipality makes no representation regarding the title or to any other matters relating to the land to be sold, including but not limited to the potential existence of environmental contamination, estates and interests of the federal or provincial governments or their agencies, easements and restrictive covenants, and interests acquired by adverse possession. Responsibility for ascertaining these matters rests with the potential purchasers. The assessed value, according to the last returned assessment roll, may or may not be representative of the current market value of the property.
This sale is governed by the Municipal Act, 2001 and the Municipal Tax Sales Rules made under that Act. The successful purchaser will be required to pay the amount tendered plus accumulated taxes, penalties and interest, HST if applicable, and the relevant land transfer tax.
The municipality has no obligation to provide vacant possession to the successful purchaser.
The Municipal Treasurer retains discretion under the Municipal Act to cancel a tax sale at any time up to the registration of the tax deed.
A copy of the prescribed form of tender available on website of the Government of Ontario Central Forms Repository under the listing for the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. Tender packages are available at the City Tax Office, 2nd Floor, 99 Foster Dr, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and online: saultstemarie.ca. For further information regarding this sale please contact the City Tax Office by email: citytax@cityssm.on.ca.
Personal information contained on this form, collected pursuant to the Municipal Act, 2001 and Regulations thereunder, will be used for the purposes of that Act. Questions should be directed to the Freedom of Information and Privacy Coordinator at the institution responsible for procedures under that Act.
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