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Full Official Sale Listing

City of Lethbridge
Notice is hereby given that, under the provisions of the Municipal Government Act, 
the City of Lethbridge will offer for sale, by public auction, in Culver Room on the 
main floor of City Hall, 910 4 Avenue South, Lethbridge, Alberta, on Thursday, 
April 2, 2026, at 11:00 a.m., the following lands:

538 12 ST N
Each parcel will be offered for sale, subject to a reserve bid and to the reservations 
and conditions contained in the existing certificate of title.
The properties are being offered for sale on an "as is, where is" basis and the City of 
Lethbridge makes no representation and gives no warranty whatsoever as to the 
adequacy of services, soil conditions, zoning, building and development conditions, 
absence or presence of environmental contamination, vacant possession, or the 
developability of the lands for any intended use by the successful bidder. 
Prior to closing, the successful bidder must prove, to the satisfaction of the 
municipality, that their acquisition of the property complies with the Prohibition on 
the Purchase of Residential Property by Non-Canadians Act.
The successful bidder has a right to a clear title with some exceptions. Section 
423(1)(a)-(h) of the Municipal Government Act states "a person who purchases a 
parcel of land at a public auction acquires the land free of all encumbrances, except 
(a) encumbrances arising from claims of the Crown in right of Canada, (b) irrigation 
of drainage debentures, (c) caveats referred to in section 39.2(11) of the 
Condominium Property Act, (d) registered easements and instruments registered 
pursuant to section 69 of the Land Titles Act, (e) right of entry orders as defined in the 
Surface Rights Act registered under the Land Titles Act, (e.1) a caveat that, pursuant 
to section 3(1.2), 3.01(4) or 3.1(5) of the New Home Buyer Protection Act, remains 
registered against the certificate of title to the land, (f) a notice of lien filed pursuant 
to section 38 of the Rural Utilities Act, (g) a notice of lien filed pursuant to section 20 
of the Rural Electrification Loan Act, and (h) liens registered pursuant to section 21 
of the Rural Electrification Long-term Financing Act." 
Goods and Services Tax (GST) will apply to all applicable properties sold at the 
public auction.
The purchaser of the property will be responsible for property taxes for the current 
year.
The successful bidder must, at the time of the sale, make a non-refundable ten percent 
(10%) deposit payable to the municipality, with the balance of the purchase price due 
on the closing date.
Closing date for all sales will be fourteen (14) days after auction date.
No terms or conditions of the sale will be considered other than those specified by the 
municipality.
Payments by cash, Interac, certified cheque, or bank draft only. Vendor financing or 
financing using third party mortgages or encumbrances upon the purchased lands, or 
other similar financing arrangements, cannot be accommodated.
Section 429 and 436.21 of the Municipal Government Act states the auctioneer, 
councilors, the chief administrative officer, the designated officers, and employees of 
the municipality must not bid or buy any parcel of land offered for sale, unless 
directed by the municipality to bid for or buy a parcel of land on behalf of the 
municipality.
If no offer is received on a property or if the reserve bid is not met, the property 
cannot be sold at the public auction.
Once the property is declared sold to another individual at public auction the previous 
owner has no further right to pay the tax arrears.
The risk of the property lies with the purchaser immediately following the auction.
The purchaser will be required to execute a Sale Agreement in form and substance 
provided by the municipality.
The purchaser is responsible for obtaining vacant possession.
The purchaser will be responsible for all Land Titles fees for the property.
The City of Lethbridge may, after the public auction, become the owner of any parcel 
of land not sold at the public auction.
A property will be removed from the public auction if payment of all arrears of taxes 
and costs occurs any time prior to the sale.
Dated at Lethbridge, Alberta, February 14, 2026.
Kerry Boogaart, Property Tax Manager.