LEGAL NOTICE

Gypsy Lane Owners’ Association v. Dorsey Thomas, Annie M. Thomas and Doriann R. Thomas

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Case No. 230901921

NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE OF REAL PROPERTY

TO: Dorsey Thomas, Annie M. Thomas and Doriann R. Thomas

Your real estate located at 4000 Gypsy Lane, Unit 213, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129 is to be sold at Sheriff’s Sale on Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. via on line auction at (www.bid4assets.com) to enforce the Court Judgment in the amount of $11,634.16 obtained by Gypsy Lane Owners’ Association.

NOTICE OF OWNER’S RIGHTS

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PREVENT THIS SHERIFF’S SALE

To prevent this Sheriff’s Sale, you must take IMMEDIATE ACTION:

1. The sale will be cancelled if you pay to Gypsy Lane Owners’ Association, in c/o Gawthrop Greenwood, PC,Attorneys for Plaintiff, at 1273 Lancaster Avenue, Berwyn, Pennsylvania 19312, by certified check, money order, or other immediately payable funds, the amount of the Judgment, interest, costs and fees due. To find out how much you must pay, you may call: Gawthrop Greenwood, PC at (610) 889-0700.

2. You may be able to stop the sale by filing a Petition asking the Court to strike or open the Judgment, if the Judgment was improperly entered. You may also ask the Court to postpone the sale for good cause.

3. You may also be able to stop the sale through other legal proceedings.

4. You may need an attorney to assert your rights. The sooner you contact one, the more chance you will have of stopping the sale. (See Notice below on how to obtain an attorney).

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR PROPERTY AND YOU HAVE

OTHER RIGHTS EVEN IF THE SHERIFF’S SALE DOES TAKE PLACE.

1. If the Sheriff’s Sale is not stopped, your property will be sold to the highest bidder. You may find the price bid by calling the Philadelphia County Sheriff’s Office at (215) 686-3540.

2. You may be able to Petition the Court to set aside the sale if the bid price was grossly inadequate compared to the value of your property.

3. The sale will go through only if the buyer pays the Sheriff the full amount due in the sale. To find out if this has happened you may call the Sheriff’s Office at (215) 686-3530.

4. If the amount due from the buyer is not paid to the Sheriff, you will remain the owner of the property as if the sale never happened.

5. You have a right to remain in the property until the full amount due is paid to the Sheriff and the Sheriff gives a deed to the buyer. At that time, the buyer may bring legal proceedings to evict you.

6. You may be entitled to a share of the money which was paid for your house. A schedule of distribution of the money bid for your house will be filed by the Sheriff on a date specified by the Sheriff not later than thirty (30) days after the sale. This schedule will state who will be receiving that money. The money will be paid out in accordance with this scheduled unless exceptions (reasons why the proposed distribution is wrong) are filed with the Sheriff within ten (10) days after the filing of the schedule.

7. You may also have other rights and defenses or ways of getting your house back if you act immediately after the sale.

YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE LISTED BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP.

PHILADELPHIA BAR ASSOCIATION

LAWYER REFERRAL AND INFORMATION SERVICE

1101 MARKET STREET; 11TH FLOOR

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19107-2911

(215) 238-6333

Elliot H. Berton, Esquire

(610) 889-0700

Run Date: October 18th, 2024

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