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Greene County, PA tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Greene County, seat of Waynesburg: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
Upset sale scheduled for September 16, 2026.Wednesday · 2026
Format
In person
Registration
MUST register by September 2, 2026. NO REGISTRATION WILL BE TAKEN, AFTER THAT DATE.
County office
724-852-5232
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How Greene County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Pennsylvania counties do not sell tax lien certificates to investors. The county Tax Claim Bureau holds the delinquent claim itself and later sells the property.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Greene County Tax Claim Bureau
Frequency
annual
Next sale
Upset sale scheduled for September 16, 2026.
Registration
MUST register by September 2, 2026. NO REGISTRATION WILL BE TAKEN, AFTER THAT DATE.
Sale list
2026 Upset Sale Listing (Tax Claim Advertising List)
When it runs
Upset sale in September and judicial sale in June, both starting at 8:30 AM. The 2026 upset notice states the Bureau "will hold a delinquent tax sale under the Real Estate Tax Sale Law. P.L. 1368, as amended, at 8:30 A.M. prevailing time, Wednesday, the 16th day of September 2026, at the Greene County Fair Grounds, Waynesburg, Pennsylvania." The 2026 judicial notice sets that sale for "WEDNESDAY, the THIRD day of JUNE, 2026, at 8:30AM" and adds that "The sale will be held at the Greene County Fairgrounds." The upset notice also warns the sale "may be adjourned from day to day" if needed.
Registration and deposit

Pre-registration is mandatory and closes before the sale, with no exceptions. The bidder packet states prospective buyers must pre-register before the sale in the allotted time frame and, effective August 2021, "not less than 10 days prior to the sale date." Registration requires a Bidder Registry Form, a copy of photo ID, a notarized Affidavit of Bidder, and a $15.00 registration fee in cash only. Businesses, corporations and LLCs must also submit a copy of IRS Form SS-4 plus names, business addresses and phone numbers for all members, officers, managers and partners. For the 2026 upset sale the notice states bidders "MUST register by September 2, 2026. NO REGISTRATION WILL BE TAKEN, AFTER THAT DATE." For the 2026 judicial sale, registration ran at the Tax Claim Bureau office from 9:00 AM on May 6, 2026 through 4:00 PM on May 20, 2026. Forms are available in the Tax Claim Bureau office or on the county website.

Sale format and venue
Greene County runs the Pennsylvania RETSL ladder in person, not online. Both the upset sale and the judicial sale are live auctions held at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg, and the county names no online bidding platform, so plan to attend in person. Bidding rules differ sharply between the two sales. Upset buyers take title subject to existing encumbrances: the county states that "Properties exposed at the upset sale are offered together with any mortgages, judgments or non-tax liens," and the notice repeats that every sale conveys title "UNDER AND SUBJECT TO THE LIEN OF EVERY RECORDED OBLIGATION, CLAIM, LIEN, ESTATE, MORTGAGE OR GROUND RENT." Judicial sale properties, which are parcels left unsold at earlier upset sales, are sold "freed and cleared of all tax and municipal claims, liens, mortgages, charges and estates, excepting state and federal liens and excepting separately taxed ground rents." At the upset sale the opening bid must equal the fixed upset price, the first raise must be at least $25.00, and later raises come in $25.00 multiples. Payment is due the same day: the full purchase price must be brought to the Tax Claim Bureau office at 93 East High Street between 1:00 PM and 3:00 PM on the day of the sale, and the upset notice warns that anyone failing to pay in that window voids the sale. Accepted funds are cash, certified or cashier's check, money order, and for the judicial sale attorney's checks; no personal or personal business checks. Upset buyers also pay a $56.75 recording fee and a $32.30 deed preparation fee as part of the upset price, plus transfer tax computed on assessed value times the county common level ratio factor. Deeds are issued only after the Court of Common Pleas confirms the sale, and the county says to expect roughly three months before delivery. Buyers may not enter the property until the deed is recorded, and record owners cannot redeem after the sale. Bidders must certify they are not delinquent on Pennsylvania real estate taxes or on Greene County municipal utility bills, and the judicial terms extend that bar to housing code violations and revoked landlord privileges within the last three years.
Source: Greene County Tax Claim Bureau - 2026 Upset Sale Advertisement and Conditions of Sale (PDF)· Verified Aug 10, 2026

Greene County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Greene County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use 2026 Upset Sale Listing (Tax Claim Advertising List) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    MUST register by September 2, 2026. NO REGISTRATION WILL BE TAKEN, AFTER THAT DATE. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Upset sale scheduled for September 16, 2026. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Greene County Tax Claim Bureau as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Greene County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from 2026 Upset Sale Listing (Tax Claim Advertising List). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Pre-registration is mandatory and closes before the sale, with no exceptions. The bidder packet states prospective buyers must pre-register before the sale in the allotted time frame and, effective August 2021, "not less than 10 days prior to the sale date." Registration requires a Bidder Registry Form, a copy of photo ID, a notarized Affidavit of Bidder, and a $15.00 registration fee in cash only. Businesses, corporations and LLCs must also submit a copy of IRS Form SS-4 plus names, business addresses and phone numbers for all members, officers, managers and partners. For the 2026 upset sale the notice states bidders "MUST register by September 2, 2026. NO REGISTRATION WILL BE TAKEN, AFTER THAT DATE." For the 2026 judicial sale, registration ran at the Tax Claim Bureau office from 9:00 AM on May 6, 2026 through 4:00 PM on May 20, 2026. Forms are available in the Tax Claim Bureau office or on the county website.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Pennsylvania due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.

  4. Set a walk-away number

    Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

Every Real Estate Tax Sale Law county keeps a repository for unsold properties: anything still unsold after a judicial sale is placed there, and the bureau must make the list available to the public during normal office hours. The bureau may, with the written consent of each taxing district where the property sits, set a minimum purchase price and accept any offer at or above it without court approval and without published notice. Consent is deemed given if a district does not respond within 60 days, and a district may require the buyer to appear before its governing body. The buyer files an affidavit with the same information a bidder registration requires. The deed conveys free and clear of all tax and municipal claims, mortgages, liens, charges and estates except separately taxed ground rents, and the bureau records it at the buyer's expense. A former owner may not buy their own property out of the repository. Prices, forms and turnaround are set county by county, so confirm the process with the tax claim bureau.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Greene County Tax Claim Bureau

724-852-5232

Greene County Office Building, 93 East High Street, 1st Floor, Waynesburg, PA 15370

Official website

County notes

  • Kristina K. Nicholls is the Tax Claim Director and Heather White is Assistant Director. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM. The Bureau fax is 724-852-5293.
  • Both the upset and judicial sales are held at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg. The department page identifies the upset sale venue as the fairgrounds 4-H Building.
  • The county posts a separate sale advertisement and a property listing for each sale, plus a single bidders packet covering all sales. The 2026 upset listing is titled Greene County Tax Claim Advertising List and shows control number, owner, description, map number and approximate upset amount grouped by township or borough.
  • The judicial notice states that registration forms and the full property list for that sale post to the county website by May 1, under Departments, Tax Claim Bureau, Judicial Sale.
  • Repository parcels remain available after the judicial sale with a set minimum bid, so contact the Bureau directly for current repository inventory and bid procedure.
  • The Bureau also sells lien certificates at $15.00 per parcel and property printouts at $1.00 per page.
  • A successful bidder is responsible for current year real estate taxes unless they were included in an upset sale, and for any taxes billed after a judicial or repository sale.

Pennsylvania rules

Redemption
Under the Real Estate Tax Sale Law there is no redemption of any property after the actual sale. The owner's last opportunity is to discharge the tax claim before the sale by paying the claim and interest, any other tax claim or judgment and interest, all accrued unpaid taxes, and the record costs, or a smaller amount the political subdivision agrees to accept. Payment before July 1 of the year following the notice of claim removes the property from the sale list entirely. Payment after that date but before the actual sale still stops the sale, though the parcel and the owner's name may already appear in the advertising.
Deed deposit
The Real Estate Tax Sale Law sets no deposit and no buyer premium. What it does require is pre-registration: anyone intending to bid at an upset or judicial sale must appear and register at the bureau no less than 10 days before the sale, once per scheduled sale, and a county may charge a fee for filing the application. The application names the applicant, and every officer, member and manager if the applicant is not an individual, and carries an affidavit that the applicant owes no delinquent real estate taxes anywhere in the Commonwealth, has no municipal utility bill more than one year outstanding, is not acting for a person barred under section 601(d), and has not let an uncorrected housing code violation stand after conviction in the last three years. A false statement is prosecutable as a second degree misdemeanor. The bureau sends the list of registered bidders to every municipality in the county at least five days before the sale.
Surplus proceeds
The bureau distributes tax-sale proceeds, after repaying costs advanced by taxing districts and its own 5 percent commission, in this order: Commonwealth tax liens, then the taxing districts in proportion to the taxes due them, then taxing districts or municipal authorities for municipal claims, then mortgagees and other lien holders in order of record priority whether or not the sale discharged them, and last the owner of the property. Before paying anything out the bureau petitions the court of common pleas to confirm the schedule of distribution, and an absolute confirmation is final and nonappealable as to every listed distributee. If no claim for the owner's balance is presented within three years of the sale, that balance goes to the taxing districts pro rata and the county keeps the interest it earned.
Governing statute
72 P.S. 5860.101 et seq.

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Greene County, Pennsylvania sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Pennsylvania sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the County Tax Claim Bureau sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Greene County hold tax deed sales?

Greene County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Upset sale in September and judicial sale in June, both starting at 8:30 AM. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Pennsylvania's redemption rule: None after the sale in the 65 Real Estate Tax Sale Law counties; in Philadelphia, 9 months from acknowledgment of the sheriff's deed, and 3 months in Allegheny County and Pittsburgh. Call the Greene County Tax Claim Bureau as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Greene County tax sale list?

Greene County posts its tax sale list at greenecountypa.gov. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

Verified Aug 10, 2026 against official county and state sources.

Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.

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