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What is NYC AC § 11-339?

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This section allows the city to purchase properties at a sale resulting from a tax lien foreclosure judgment or any sale free of tax liens, without requiring additional authorization. Applies to property owners involved in tax lien sales.

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§ 11-339 City may purchase at sale.

AC § 11-339

At a sale pursuant to judgment in an action to foreclose a tax lien or at any sale free of tax liens, the city, without authorization other than hereby given, may purchase any property that is the subject of the sale.

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