If a certificate is refused, the sale is what?

• A. Struck Off to the Municipality
• B. Returned to the Owner
• C. Nullified
• D. Postponed

Answer: (A)

When a sale of a delinquent property can’t proceed because the certificate can’t be issued, the property doesn’t stay with the buyer or revert to the owner—t he usual result is that the property is struck off to the municipality. This means the municipality takes the property back into government ownership so it can be handled (re-sold, addressed through other tax collection steps, or disposed of) under public control. Returning to the owner would imply the debtor regains the property, which isn’t the outcome when a certificate is refused; nullified or postponed would not capture the reversion to government ownership either. The key idea is that a refused certificate ends the private sale and places the property back with the municipality.