Home Seller
Resources & Data
Twelve free, state-by-state reference tables covering the rules that most often decide when a house can actually be sold — foreclosure redemption windows, probate timelines, disclosure duties, eviction notice periods, homestead exemptions and more. Every table is compiled from public records, cites its sources, and is free to use with attribution. None of it is legal advice: confirm anything that affects a decision with a licensed attorney in your state.
How these tables are built and kept current
Public sources only
Every row traces to a state statute, court website, or government agency page. Where states differ in how a rule is worded, we summarise rather than paraphrase a single county's practice.
Dated, not evergreen
Each table carries a Last verified date. Statutes change and quiet amendments are common, so an undated legal table is worse than none — treat anything past its date as a starting point.
Ranges, not promises
Timelines are typical ranges drawn from published procedure, not guarantees. Any individual case can run shorter or far longer depending on court backlog, contested filings, and local practice.
Free to cite
Use these tables, quote them, or link to them. We ask only for a link back to the source page so readers can check the date it was last verified.
Aldric Property Solutions is a property buyer, not a law firm. Nothing on these pages is legal, tax, or financial advice, and reading them does not create any professional relationship. For a decision that matters, talk to a licensed attorney in the state where the property sits.
Foreclosure, liens & debt
What happens when a mortgage, a tax bill, or a judgment starts driving the timeline instead of the owner.
Foreclosure Redemption Laws by State
Compare redemption periods, foreclosure types, and references for all 50 states.
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Tax Lien Interest Rates by State
State-by-state summary of tax lien interest rules and redemption windows.
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Deficiency Judgment Laws by State
Whether a lender can pursue you for the shortfall after a foreclosure sale, and where it is barred.
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Homestead Exemption Amounts by State
How much home equity each state protects from creditors, and how the exemption is claimed.
View DatasetInherited property & probate
Estates are the one situation where the court, not the seller, sets the schedule. These tables show what that schedule usually looks like.
Probate Timelines by State
This guide helps heirs and executors understand the typical delays before an estate can be settled.
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Inheritance Tax & Capital Gains Rules by State
Which states levy inheritance or estate tax, and how the stepped-up basis affects what heirs owe on a sale.
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Transfer-on-Death (TOD) Deeds by State
Where a TOD deed can pass a house outside probate entirely, and what each state requires to record one.
View DatasetTenants & occupancy
Who is living in the property, and what the law says about it, is usually the thing that decides whether a sale is simple or slow.
Eviction Laws by State
This guide breaks down the notice periods, filing rules, and court requirements for eviction in each state.
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Squatter & Adverse Possession Laws by State
How long occupation must run before a claim can be made, and what else each state requires.
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Cash-for-Keys & Relocation Assistance by State
Where relocation assistance is required by law, and where cash-for-keys is simply common practice.
View DatasetSelling & disclosure
What a seller has to put in writing — the duty that an as-is sale limits far less than most people assume.
Home Seller Disclosure Requirements By State
Which disclosures are required when selling your house? Find out by state.
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Property Condition Disclosure Exceptions by State
When an estate, a foreclosure, or a trust sale is exempt from the standard disclosure form — and when it isn't.
View DatasetReading this because you're deciding whether to sell?
The tables above tell you what the rules are. These pages cover what people usually do about them.
Behind on the mortgage
Start with the redemption window for your state above, then read how a sale before foreclosure actually works. In the Mohawk Valley, our Utica guide names the free HUD-approved help first; the Albany guide does the same for the Capital Region.
You've inherited a house
Probate timelines set the earliest date a sale can close. Our probate guide covers the sequence nationally, and the Oneida County guide and Albany County guide name the specific Surrogate's Courts involved.
There are tenants in it
Eviction notice periods matter far less if you sell subject to the existing lease. See selling a tenant-occupied rental in Utica or in Albany, where Good Cause Eviction applies.
The house needs work
Disclosure duties survive an as-is sale — what selling as-is actually means explains the difference between what you must repair and what you must say.
Divorce or a vacant property
Two situations where the deadline belongs to someone else: selling during a divorce and selling a vacant house. Every other situation is indexed on seller situations.
Weighing up a cash buyer
Read how our cash offer is calculated, and before you contact anybody, how to tell a real cash home buyer from a lead generator. We buy in Utica and across more than 30 states.
Need to Sell Fast?
If the rules above mean a traditional sale won't work on your timeline, we buy houses as-is for cash — no repairs, no cleanout, no commissions, and you choose the closing date.
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