Blair County, Pennsylvania

Tax Deed120,269 residents

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Tax Deed

Redemption periodstate default

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 returnstate default

N/A — outright deed transfer in the large majority of counties

Governing statutestate default

Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. §5860.101 et seq.

Notes

Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law county. Blair County Tax Claim Bureau 2026 schedule: Judicial Sale June 17, 2026 (pre-registration ends June 5); Upset Tax Sale September 16, 2026 (pre-registration ends September 4). In-person courthouse sales; must clear security and check in by 8:50 a.m. Act 33 requires pre-registration for all tax sales — Individual and Corp/Partnership forms on county site. Upset properties not sold free and clear of liens; Judicial is free-and-clearer path. Repository list for parcels unsold at Judicial. Contact (814) 317-2361.

Auction logistics

Format

In-person

Frequency

Judicial mid-June (2026: June 17); Upset mid-September (2026: Sept 16); Repository ongoing

Platform

Blair County Tax Claim Bureau — Upset / Judicial / Repository ↗

Deposit rules

Print and submit required pre-registration forms for approval before the published end date. Review Conditions of Sale PDFs for Upset and Judicial before attending. No late bidders after sale starts. Payment method and deposit/balance rules per Conditions — call Tax Claim for current cash/certified-funds requirements.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

Upset sale: property typically remains subject to many liens. Judicial sale: designed to free most liens after court-ordered notice. Federal tax liens can survive either path.

Quiet title

Judicial sale judgments often support marketable title; upset purchasers frequently need judicial sale or quiet title for insurable resale.

Deal maths for Pennsylvania

Assessment ratio: 0.4065× of market value
Typical quiet title: $1,500–$5,000 · 4 mo
Recording and transfer: $250

Pennsylvania has no statewide assessment ratio. Counties assess against their own base years, some decades old, and the State Tax Equalization Board publishes a Common Level Ratio per county each year. Always use the county ratio.

Offices and records

Tax collector

Blair County Tax Claim Bureau ↗

814-317-2361

Clerk of court

Blair County Recorder of Deeds / Prothonotary ↗

Property appraiser

Blair County Assessment Office ↗

GIS / parcel map

Blair County GIS / Assessment parcel resources ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Altoona / downtown and hospital corridor

Regional medical and rail-related employment supporting selective rehab absorption

Hollidaysburg / county-seat fringe

County government and school-driven demand with more stable owner-occupancy than softer city blocks

Logan Township / I-99 commercial edge

Retail and logistics access supporting workforce housing liquidity