PA

Bidder process

1. 01Confirm the parcel is on the county Tax Claim Bureau's upset sale list; the sale is scheduled no earlier than the second Monday of September and before October 1 (601(a))
2. 02Register in person at the county Tax Claim Bureau not less than 10 days before the scheduled sale, filing the application required by 502-A; a county may charge a fee for filing it (501-A(a), (c), 502-A)
3. 03Clear the affidavit: no delinquent real estate taxes to any taxing district in the Commonwealth, no municipal utility bills more than a year outstanding, not bidding for a person barred under 601(d), and no uncorrected housing code violation course of conduct in the preceding three years (502-A(4))
4. 04Confirm the county list of registered bidders is delivered to the municipalities at least five days before the sale (503-A)
5. 05Bid at the upset sale at or above the upset price fixed by the bureau; no sale is made unless a bid equal to the upset price is received (605)
6. 06Pay the entire purchase money to the bureau on the day of the sale, no later than one hour before the close of business or at another time that day designated by the bureau; otherwise the sale is voided and the property is put up again (606)
7. 07Within 20 days after the sale, give the bureau the certification that you are not delinquent on real estate taxes where the property is located and have no municipal utility bills more than one year outstanding (619.1(a))
8. 08Take the deed once the court confirms the sale and the bid is paid, knowing an upset sale conveys title subject to every recorded obligation, lien, mortgage and ground rent not included in the upset price (608, 609)
9. 09If no bid equals the upset price, expect a later judicial sale of the same parcel, which the court orders sold free and clear to the highest bidder (605, 610, 612)

Registration

Yes

Registration mode

in_person

Registration deadline

not less than 10 days before the scheduled upset sale or judicial sale (501-A(a))

Registration fee

Not documented

Deposit required

Not documented

Deposit amount

Not documented

Deposit percent

Not documented

Deposit refundable

Not documented

Sale format

in_person

Payment deadline

upset sale: the entire purchase money is due to the bureau on the date of the sale, no later than one hour before the close of business or at another time that day designated by the bureau; if it is not paid the sale is voided and the property is put up again at the same sale or at a continuation (606). No payment window is fixed for judicial sales

Payment methods

unknown

Residency required

Not documented

• Bidder registration application: name and, for a non-individual, the business name, all officers, business address and phone number; for an LLC, its members, managers and every person with an ownership interest; documentation that the signer may act for the applicant (502-A)
• Signed affidavit with the application: not delinquent in real estate taxes to any taxing district in the Commonwealth, no municipal utility bills more than one year outstanding, not bidding for a person barred under 601(d), and no uncorrected housing code violation course of conduct in the preceding three years; a false statement is a second degree misdemeanor under 18 Pa.C.S. 4904(a) (502-A(4))
• Within 20 days after the sale, written certification to the bureau of paid real estate taxes in the taxing districts where the property is located and no municipal utility bills more than one year outstanding, as receipts or a notarized affidavit (619.1(a), (b))
• No individual whose landlord license has been revoked by a municipality may purchase property in the county in which that municipality is located at a tax sale (601(d))
• The owner of a property has no right to purchase it at a judicial sale, a private sale, or from the bureau's repository for unsold property (618(a))