Frequently Asked Questions

Sales are held every Wednesday at 10am on the Miami County Courthouse steps (120 S. Pearl, Paola, Kansas).

There are two places that you may be able to obtain the address: 1) The Clerk of the District Court maintains the court file for each case. You will need the case number to look up the file. The court file contains the legal documents that have been filed with that particular case. Looking through out that file you should be able to find a physical address. 2) The Register of Deeds may be able to provide a physical address as well. You will need the Defendants (home owners) name in order to obtain a physical address on a property.

No. There is NO legal access to the property. It is considered an "as is" sale with no implied or expressed warranty. The homeowner still has legal possession of the property and may still be living there. Please be respectful of that.

The attorney for the Plaintiff, usually the lending institution, will make the opening bid, the bidding is then open to the public. The property is sold to the highest bidder. We do not have information on the opening bid prior to the state of the sale.

The property is advertised and sold as cash in hand or cashiers check at the time of sale. The cashiers check is made payable to the Miami County District Court and must be received no later than noon on the day following the sale.

In every case the judge sets a redemption period in accordance to state statute. Most redemption periods are 3 to 12 months depending on how much is still owed on the loan. The redemption period allows the defendant to exercise their redemption rights. The redemption rights allow the defendant to pay off the bid amount and any associated cost thereby they retain the possession of the property. During the redemption period you have no legal right of access to the property and the defendant can still reside and maintain possession of the property.