WILKES-BARRE – More than 300 properties in Luzerne County will go up for sale because of unpaid taxes from 2008 or prior years, according to the company in charge of the county tax claim office.

The list of properties to be sold March 23 includes Keystone Garden Estates, an assisted-living facility in Larksville, which owes more than $387,000 in delinquent taxes and fees. But Keystone last week got a court order giving the company another six months to pay off its delinquent tax bill, said John Rodgers, president of Northeast Revenue Service, the company that runs the county tax claim office.

Another property listed for the sale is the Old River Road Bakery, a property in Wilkes-Barre and owned by the city. More than $475,000 in delinquent taxes and fees are owed.

A pending sale of the property resulted in a civil lawsuit. A court order removed the property from a delinquent tax sale last September. Because of an inaccuracy involving the property’s deed, Northeast Revenue had to start the delinquent-notice process again.

The March 23 sale is called an upset sale, and bidding on each property starts with the amount owed in taxes, fees and liens. Buyers at the sale are responsible for all debt and mortgages.

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