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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Westmoreland county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Westmoreland 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 Westmoreland 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: |
| Tom Balya | Commissioner | tombals@wpa.net |
| Thomas Ceraso | Commissioner | tceraso@co.westmoreland.pa.us |
| Phil Light | Commissioner | plight@co.westmoreland.pa.us |
| Ken Bacha | County Coroner | |
| Chris Scherer | County Sheriff | |
| Kathalyn O'Brien | County Treasurer | |
| Carmen Pedicone | County Controller | |
| Earl Keim | Register of Wills | |
| Thomas Murphy | Recorder Of Deeds | |
| Ronald Diehl | Prothonotary | |
| Dave Patterson | Clerk Of Circuit Court |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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