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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Dauphin 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 Dauphin county, Pennsylvania.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Dauphin county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Dauphin 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 Dauphin county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Dauphin county, Pennsylvania allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Dauphin 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 Dauphin 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: |
| Jeff Haste | Commissioner, Chair | jhaste@dauphinc.org |
| Dominic DiFrancesco | Commissioner | ndifrancesco@dauphinc.org |
| George Hartwick | Commissioner | ghartwick@dauphinc.org |
| John Lotwick | County Sheriff | |
| Michael Wertz | Emergency Management Director | |
| Robert Dick | County Treasurer | |
| Marie Rebuck | County Controller | |
| Jane Marfizo | Registrar of Willis/Clerk of Orphan | |
| Philip Spaseff | County Recorder Of Deeds | |
| Steve Farina | Prothonotary | |
| Lowell Witmer | County Court Clerk |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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