A title company checks the deed, ownership, who can sign, mortgage payoffs, liens, taxes, and the documents needed for settlement. Keep the actual statements and notices available. A record at one county office does not answer every title or closing question.
Start with the ordinary Pennsylvania estate case: a personal representative—the person appointed to administer the estate—generally has authority to sell real estate that is not specifically devised, except as otherwise provided by the will. If the property was specifically devised, the specific devisee—the person named to receive that real estate— must join the sale under 20 Pa.C.S. §3351. Section 3353 permits an Orphans' Court-authorized transaction when statutory authority is absent, the governing instrument denies the power, or a judicial-sale effect is advisable. The appointed representative, actual will, devise, title, and any applicable court orders determine who can sign.
A mortgage-foreclosure or execution-sale notice is handled through the current court and Sheriff process. Lebanon County Tax Claim is a separate delinquent-tax and tax-sale path; its upset sale is not the same as a lender mortgage-foreclosure sale. A buyer inquiry or unsigned agreement does not automatically change a notice, docket, or sale date.
If you received an Act 91 notice—a Pennsylvania foreclosure notice from a mortgage lender— follow the notice and contact a PHFA-designated housing counselor promptly. HEMAP is a repayable mortgage-assistance loan, not a grant; eligibility and approval are conditional. A direct sale conversation is separate from that program.
For a tenant-occupied house, keep the lease, deposit balance, who holds it, tenant notices, and possession plan with the closing questions. A sale does not by itself make a tenant leave. Read the Lebanon tenant-occupied guidance →