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County Courthouse
633 Court Street, 13th Floor
Reading, PA 19601-4302
Phone: (610) 478-6100
www.co.berks.pa.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Berks 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 Berks county, Pennsylvania.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Berks county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Berks 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 Berks county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Berks county, Pennsylvania allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Berks 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 Berks 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: 
Judith SchwankCommissioner, Chairjschwank@countyofberks.com
Thomas GajewskiCommissionertgajewski@countyofberks.com
Mark ScottCommissionermscott@countyofberks.com
Barry JozwiakCounty Sheriff 
Nelson LongCounty Treasurer 
Sandra GraffiusCounty Controller 
Ellie AntoineRecorder of Deeds 
Lawrence MadagliaRegister Of Wills 
Marianne SuttonProthonotary 

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.


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