Pennsylvania Tax Deed Sales
In this video we teach about Tax Sale Investing in the State of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is primarily a tax deed state. In a tax deed state the actual property is sold after tax foreclosure, opposed to a tax lien state where a lien is sold against the property giving the owner the right to collect the back due taxes and earn interest.
- Tax Deed State (Except City of Philadelphia)
- Two Seperate Sales are Held
- First Sale is Upset Sale & does NOT cancel outstanding encumbrances.
- Second Sale is a Judicial Sale (aka Free and Clear Sale) and DOES cancel outstanding liens.
- Unsold properties go on repository list and offers can be made at any time to county.
- Everything is handled by the County's Tax Claim Department.
- Philadelphia uses a different system - contact city for more information.
Pennsylvania Counties & Populations:
1 Philadelphia County 1,580,863
2 Allegheny County 1,223,048
3 Montgomery County 826,075
4 Bucks County 628,341
5 Delaware County 564,696
6 Lancaster County 542,903
7 Chester County 519,293
8 York County 446,078
9 Berks County 417,854
10 Lehigh County 366,494
11 Westmoreland County 352,627
12 Luzerne County 317,343
13 Northampton County 303,405
14 Dauphin County 275,710
15 Erie County 274,541
16 Cumberland County 250,066
17 Lackawanna County 210,761
18 Washington County 207,298
19 Butler County 187,108
20 Monroe County 168,046
21 Beaver County 166,140
22 Centre County 162,660
23 Franklin County 154,234
24 Schuylkill County 142,569
25 Lebanon County 139,754
26 Cambria County 133,054
27 Fayette County 131,504
28 Blair County 123,457
29 Lycoming County 113,841
30 Mercer County 111,750
31 Adams County 102,336
32 Northumberland County 92,029
33 Lawrence County 87,069
34 Crawford County 86,159
35 Indiana County 84,953
36 Clearfield County 79,685
37 Somerset County 74,501
38 Columbia County 65,932
39 Armstrong County 65,642
40 Carbon County 63,853
41 Bradford County 60,853
42 Pike County 55,691
43 Venango County 51,762
44 Wayne County 51,205
45 Bedford County 48,480
46 Mifflin County 46,388
47 Perry County 46,127
48 Huntingdon County 45,491
49 Union County 44,595
50 Jefferson County 43,804
51 McKean County 41,330
52 Susquehanna County 40,985
53 Snyder County 40,801
54 Tioga County 40,793
55 Warren County 39,659
56 Clinton County 38,998
57 Clarion County 38,458
58 Greene County 36,770
59 Elk County 30,197
60 Wyoming County 27,322
61 Juniata County 24,514
62 Montour County 18,272
63 Potter County 16,802
64 Fulton County 14,590
65 Forest County 7,297
66 Sullivan County 6,089
67 Cameron County 4,592