Pennsylvania tax sales
Tax Deed
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Redemption period
None in most counties for upset/judicial sales; limited redemption (90 days) survives in specific home-rule counties (e.g., Philadelphia, in narrow cases)
Investor return
N/A — outright deed transfer in the large majority of counties
Governing statute
Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. §5860.101 et seq.
Notes
Two-tier process in many counties: upset sale (subject to liens) then judicial sale (liens stripped) for unsold parcels.
Counties (67)
Adams✓
107,914 residents
Allegheny✓
1,231,814 residents
Armstrong✓
63,679 residents
Beaver✓
165,540 residents
Bedford
47,643 residents
Berks✓
439,117 residents
Blair✓
120,269 residents
Bradford✓
59,699 residents
Bucks✓
650,131 residents
Butler✓
199,341 residents
Cambria✓
130,108 residents
Cameron
4,348 residents
Carbon✓
65,743 residents
Centre✓
159,805 residents
Chester✓
560,745 residents
Clarion
36,855 residents
Clearfield✓
78,132 residents
Clinton
37,865 residents
Columbia✓
66,012 residents
Crawford✓
82,089 residents
Cumberland✓
275,516 residents
Dauphin✓
293,029 residents
Delaware✓
584,882 residents
Elk
30,124 residents
Erie✓
267,750 residents
Fayette✓
123,941 residents
Forest
6,601 residents
Franklin✓
159,285 residents
Fulton
14,452 residents
Greene
33,960 residents
Huntingdon
43,359 residents
Indiana✓
82,953 residents
Jefferson
43,367 residents
Juniata
23,395 residents
Lackawanna✓
216,859 residents
Lancaster✓
563,293 residents
Lawrence✓
84,233 residents
Lebanon✓
145,319 residents
Lehigh✓
385,655 residents
Luzerne✓
331,379 residents
Lycoming✓
113,236 residents
McKean
39,478 residents
Mercer✓
108,140 residents
Mifflin
45,935 residents
Monroe✓
166,523 residents
Montgomery✓
879,190 residents
Montour
18,115 residents
Northampton✓
322,989 residents
Northumberland✓
90,027 residents
Perry
46,816 residents
Philadelphia✓
1,573,916 residents
Pike✓
62,376 residents
Potter
15,993 residents
Schuylkill✓
144,523 residents
Snyder
39,627 residents
Somerset✓
72,134 residents
Sullivan
5,927 residents
Susquehanna
38,100 residents
Tioga
40,698 residents
Union
42,159 residents
Venango
49,476 residents
Warren
37,373 residents
Washington✓
210,434 residents
Wayne✓
51,419 residents
Westmoreland✓
350,935 residents
Wyoming
25,771 residents
York✓
471,240 residents