Jefferson County, Pennsylvania

**All prospective buyers shall pre-register 10 days before the sale. Registration packets are available at the Tax Claim Bureau Office or by emailing the above email address. Each potential bidder is required to register. Bidders will be registered once ALL COMPLETED forms are returned to the Tax Claim Bureau. Bidder numbers will only be distributed on the NIGHT OF THE SALE to those bidders who have completed a Bidder Registration Packet. Under NO circumstances will bidder registrations be accepted after the cut-off date (September 17, 2026). 1. The properties are being offered for sale by the Jefferson County Tax Claim Bureau without any representation, warranty or guarantee, whatsoever, either as to the existence, correctness of ownership, size, boundaries, location, structures, condition of structure(s) or lack of structure(s) upon the lands, liens, title or any other matter or thing whatsoever. 2. TERMS OF SALE: Payment in full is required, the night of the sale, for all properties purchased. Additionally, a 1% local transfer tax and 1% school transfer tax, deed prep fee ($30.00 per deed), recording fee ($58.75 for 4 pages and 4 names, each additional name there will be an extra $.50). Per County Ordinance No. 2024-02, effective January 1, 2025, establishing a Jefferson County Demolition and Rehabilitation Fund, each and every separate parcel of real estate sold at tax sale... shall be subject the purchaser's obligation to pay the said fee in the amount of two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00). Furthermore, subject to the purchaser's obligation to pay demolition fund recording fee of fifteen dollars ($15). Receipts for the purchased property will be issued the same evening, at the conclusion of the sale. 3. FORMS OF PAYMENT ACCEPTED: Cash, personal check, certified or cashier's check and money order. Two (2) checks are required for every property purchased. 4. The Tax Claim Bureau will issue a deed or bill of sale to the purchaser(s). Furthermore, the deed shall be recorded before delivery to the purchaser(s). NOTE: The property will be deeded to the purchaser(s) only! No bid assignments of deed will be accepted!! FERSON EFA COUN JEFFERSON COUNTY Assessment Addressing (9-1-1) Mapping Tax Claim Bureau PENNSYLVANI EST 1804 200 Main St, Court House Brookville, PA 15825 814-849-1646 5. Deeds for any property exposed for any sale shall not be exchanged any sooner than twenty (20) days nor later than forty-five (45) days after any sale held by the Tax Claim Bureau. 6. Entrance to the property is prohibited until a deed is received. The present owner has the rights and responsibilities of the property until the deed is recorded in the purchaser's name and not right of ownership is transferred until that time. 7. There will be NO REDEMPTION after the property is sold. NO REFUNDS will be given. ALL SALES ARE FINAL. PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS EFFECTIVE JUNE 30, 2021 HOUSE BILL NUMBER 264, NOW REFERRED TO AS ACT #33- ALL Prospective Bidders are required to pre-register 10 days prior to the sale date for UPSET and JUDICIAL SALES. To register, a Bidder Registry Form must be submitted with the following information: 1. Individual Bidder's name, mailing address, phone number, and email (preferred). 2. Individual Bidder's business name, including name(s) of all officers, business mailing address(es), phone number(s), and email(s) 3. The names, business address(es), phone number(s), and email(s) of all members, managers, and any other person(s) with any interest or right in the limited liability company. Additionally, a sworn Statement of Bidder, must be completed with bidder's signature and filed with Bidder Registration stating: 1. The applicant is not delinquent in paying real estate taxes and has no municipal utility bills more than one year outstanding. 2. Will not be not bidding for and/or acting as an agent for a person who is barred from participating in the sale. 3. Has not engaged in or permitted an uncorrected housing code violation, failed to maintain property in reasonable manner such that the property posed a threat to health, safety or property, or permitted the use of property in an unsafe, illegal or unsanitary manner such that the property posed a threat to heal, safety or property. ALL FORMS MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE TAX CLAIM BUREAU BY THE REGISTRATION CUT -OFF DATE OF SEPTEMBER 17th, 2026. NO REGISTRATIONS WILL BE ACCЕРTED AFTER THE CUT OFF DATE. THEREWILL BE NO REGISTRATIONS ALLOWED THE EVENING OF THE UPSET SALE! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!