20.09 - 5

New Jersey

Tax LienpendingSells Oct 14, 2026 · in 13 days

Sale list only has parcel # and opening bid

The clerk published a thin list — not a PropStream-style property card. Max bid needs an after-repair value: enter comps below, open the county appraiser, or fetch details if a property API key is configured.

Opening bid

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Assessed value

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Market / AVM

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Taxes owed

$300

Parcel number: 20.09 - 5
Case number: —
Land use: —
Building: —
Acreage: —
Lot size: —
Year built: —
Owner of record: KOPEC, PETER JR

County records

Official appraiser / assessor — free, always available. Copy the parcel number if the link opens a search page.

Sheriff's Foreclosure List ↗search: 20.09 - 5
Recorded Document Search ↗search: 20.09 - 5
Google Maps (parcel / address search) ↗

Passaic County rules

Sale type: Tax Lien
Redemption: 2 years from sale (statutory minimum before foreclosure)
Return if redeemed: Up to 18% per annum, bid down at auction; additional 2–6% penalty on larger liens
Statute: New Jersey Statutes Title 54, Ch. 5

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Historical comps

No historical bucket for NJ|Tax Lien

No recorded comps yet for this state/sale type. Run deedpilot-copilot import-history --deep and build-history-index.

Index 2026-08-01 · 87,879 total recorded outcomes

Liens that survive

Tax sale certificate is a lien senior to most private liens but does not wipe junior interests until foreclosure judgment and deed. Federal tax liens require careful analysis. No possessory rights before foreclosure.

Quiet title

Marketable title after tax foreclosure generally requires completed Superior Court foreclosure of the tax certificate.

Verify before you bid

This record was compiled from the published sale list. Parcels are pulled, redeemed, and re-priced up to the moment of sale. Confirm the lot is still in the sale, and confirm the opening bid, directly with the county.

Municipal tax collectors (Passaic County municipalities) — not a single county collector for tax sales ↗

Deal analysis

Your maximum bid

Needs ARV

This sale list only published a parcel number and opening bid — not an assessed value. Enter an after-repair (comps) estimate below, open the county appraiser (sidebar), or run Fetch property details if you have an API key.

Enter an after-repair value below and the ceiling will compute.

Confidence: low

History-guided suggestion

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Add assessed value or ARV so the oracle can price a ceiling.

History sample

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Median sold

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p(redeem) prior

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No historical bucket for NJ|Tax Lien; suggestion uses oracle only.
Oracle needs ARV/assessed data before a bid can be suggested.

Your assumptions

After-repair value (ARV)

Rehab budget

You cannot inspect before bidding — budget for the worst plausible condition

Known surviving liens

Municipal code enforcement, special assessments, federal tax liens

Target margin — 30%

Required profit as a share of ARV. 30% is a common floor for tax-sale flips.

Before you bid

NJ is outside the states with verified statutory parameters. Costs and redemption terms are not modelled — treat any figure here as unverified.
The county published no assessed value for this parcel, no property provider returned a market estimate, and no comparable-sales figure has been entered. Enter a comparable-sales estimate below and every figure on this page recalculates — the engine needs one number, not a full appraisal.

AI risk brief

Reads this parcel against PassaicCounty's rules and flags what could go wrong — surviving liens, redemption exposure, title cost, and the facts we don't have. Takes about 35 seconds; the result is saved, so opening this lot again is instant.