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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Allegheny county, Pennsylvania is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.
Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Allegheny county, Pennsylvania.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Allegheny county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Allegheny county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.
The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Allegheny county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Allegheny county, Pennsylvania allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Allegheny county, Pennsylvania lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Pennsylvania laws and competition, savvy Allegheny county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Pennsylvania tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Pennsylvania tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Dan Onorato | Chief Executive | donorato@county.allegheny.pa.u |
| Rich Fitzgerald | Council President, District 11 | rfitzgerald@county.allegheny.p |
| James Burn | Council Member | jburn@county.allegheny.pa.us |
| Joan Cleary | Council Member, District 6 | jcleary@county.allegheny.pa.us |
| John DeFazio | Council Member | jdefazio@county.allegheny.pa.u |
| Matt Drozd | Council Member | mdrozd@county.allegheny.pa.us |
| Dave Fawcett | Council Member | dfawcett@county.allegheny.pa.u |
| Michael Finnerty | Council Member | mfinnerty@county.allegheny.pa. |
| Brenda Frazier | Council Member, District 13 | bfrazier@county.allegheny.pa.u |
| Vincent Gastgeb | Council Member, District 5 | vgastgeb@county.allegheny.pa.u |
| C. L. Jabbour | Council Member, District 9 | cljabbour@county.allegheny.pa. |
| Charles Martoni | Council Member, District 8 | cmartoni@county.allegheny.pa.u |
| Rich Nerone | Council Member | rnerone@county.allegheny.pa.us |
| Jan Rea | Council Member, District 2 | jrea@county.allegheny.pa.us |
| William Robinson | Council Member, District 10 | wrobinson@county.allegheny.pa. |
| Eileen Watt | Council Member, District 7 | ewatt@county.allegheny.pa.us |
| Cyril Wecht | County Coroner | |
| Peter Defazio | County Sheriff | |
| Robert Kroner | County Police Superintendent | |
| John Weinstein | County Treasurer | webmaster.treasurer@county.all |
| Michael Della Vecchia | Recorder Of Deeds | |
| David Wecht | County Register of Wills | |
| Michael Lamb | Prothonotary | |
| George Matta | Clerk of Courts |
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