McKean County, Pennsylvania

Sep 16, 2026 · in 4 days· 06:00 PM

Tax Deedscheduledvia In person

Parcels

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Held at

Courthouse, 500 West Main Street, Smithport 16749

Venue: Live
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Same day
Total offered: $0

Collector: Heather Dynda
Phone: 814.887.3220
Email: hldynda@mckeancountypa.org
Fax: 814.887.3229

Upset Sale

Registration and terms

NOTICE TO PROSPECTIVE TAX SALE BIDDERS In accordance with Act No. 133 P.L. 1368, No. 542, prospective purchasers at all Tax Sales are now required to certify to the Tax Claim Bureau as follows: 1. A successful bidder shall be required to provide certiication to the Bureau that, within the municipal jurisdiction, such person is not delinquent in paying Real Estate Taxes owed to taxing bodies within McKean County, and 2. A successful bidder shall be required to provide certiication to the Bureau that, within the municipal jurisdiction, such person is not delinquent in paying Municipal Utility Bills owed to municipalities within McKean County, and 3. Prospective bidders that intend to bid at the scheduled Upset sale must appear and register at the Bureau not less than 10 days before the scheduled Upset sale. All registration forms must be returned to the Bureau. Certification forms will be available in the McKean County Tax Claim Bureau Ofice. The Terms of the Sale are CASH or BANK CHECK payable immediately after the conclusion of the Tax Sale. PERSONAL CHECKS ACCEPTED WITH A LETTER OF CREDIT FROM THE BANK IT IS DRAWN UPON. Other conditions are to be announced at the time of the sale.

PA caveats

UPSET SALE vs JUDICIAL SALE is the single most important distinction in Pennsylvania and this row cannot express it. An upset sale (72 P.S. §§ 5860.601-609) conveys subject to existing mortgages, judgments and liens, which are NOT divested; a judicial sale (§§ 5860.610-612) is ordered free and clear. Establish which one a parcel is in before treating survivingLiens as zero.
REALTY TRANSFER TAX IS NOT IN closingCosts. 61 Pa. Code § 91.193 excludes a conveyance to a local taxing authority acquiring at a tax claim bureau sale, and exempts a mortgage holder purchasing at judicial sale — it grants NO exclusion to a third-party purchaser. A third-party investor should expect 1% state plus local transfer tax (commonly 1%, and about 3.278% in Philadelphia) on the price. On a $50,000 parcel that is roughly $1,000 outside Philadelphia and materially more inside it. The engine has no percentage field for this; budget it manually.
PHILADELPHIA HAS A REDEMPTION AND THIS ROW SAYS IT DOES NOT. Under MCTLA 53 P.S. § 7293 an owner-occupied property (occupancy determined 90 days before the sale) may be redeemed within nine months of acknowledgment of the sheriff's deed, at the price paid plus 10% per annum. Non-owner-occupied and abandoned property carries no such right. Modelling that here would apply it to the 65 RETSL counties that lack it, so it is recorded as a caveat and the redemption field stays null — conservative for return, but it means the engine does not warn about redemption risk on a Philadelphia parcel.

McKean County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Tax Deed
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.
Population: 39,478 residents

Notes

Two-tier process in many counties: upset sale (subject to liens) then judicial sale (liens stripped) for unsold parcels.

Inherited from Pennsylvania rather than researched for McKean: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

No parcels published yet

Counties often publish the parcel list only days before the sale. The auction date is confirmed; check back closer to Sep 16, 2026.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — 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. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Held at

Courthouse, 500 West Main Street, Smithport 16749

Venue

Live

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Same day

Total offered

Upset Sale

Registration and terms