Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Sep 15, 2026 · in 3 days

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

Opening bids

$663,314

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Upset sale: property typically remains subject to many liens. Judicial sale: designed to free the property of most liens. Federal tax liens can survive either path.

Mercer County rules

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: 108,140 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person
Frequency: Upset 2026: Sept 15 and Oct 20; Judicial and Repository per Bureau procedures
Platform: Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau — Upset / Judicial / Repository
Deposit rules: Pre-register under Act 33. Judicial requires written request plus $1,250 minimum bid guarantee; Repository minimum bid $1,200. Payment method per Conditions of Sale — contact Tax Claim for cash/certified-funds rules.

Title risk

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

Offices and records

Tax collector: Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau
Clerk of court: Mercer County Recorder of Deeds / Prothonotary
Property appraiser: Mercer County Assessment Office
GIS / parcel map: Mercer County GIS / Assessment parcel resources

Areas trending up

Hermitage / Shenango Valley commercial core — Retail and medical employment supporting relatively liquid SF demand
Sharon / Farrell industrial edge — Selective rehab opportunities with more attainable entry than Hermitage
Grove City / college and I-79 fringe — Institutional employment and freeway access supporting owner-occupier demand

Notes

Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law county. Mercer County Tax Claim Bureau runs Upset Sales (2026 dates noted Sept 15 and Oct 20, 2026 on county sales page), Judicial Sale (written request + $1,250 minimum bid guarantee), and Repository Sale (minimum bid $1,200). Venues include Penn State Extension County Office and Mercer County Courthouse Assembly Room. Upset properties remain subject to existing liens/encumbrances; Judicial is free-and-clearer path after lienholder notice. Act 33 pre-registration applies. Confirm exact times and registration windows at mercercountypa.gov/tax/Sales.htm.

1 source

mercercountypa.gov/tax/Sales.htm

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

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Download PropStream list (48 parcels, CSV)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
10 315 176	KOSSUTH ST	$481	—	—	pending
10 316 077	1169 EAST ST VACANT LAN	$595	—	—	pending
52 425 845 001	WALLIS AVE BACK PT OF LO	$623	—	—	pending
52 427 288	739 EMERSON AVE VACANT LAN	$938	—

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.