Susquehanna County, PA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Susquehanna County, seat of Montrose: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- September 15, 2026 @ 10:00am Susquehanna County Office Building- 81 Lake Ave Montrose, PA 18801.Tuesday · 2026
- Format
- In person
- County office
- (570) 278-4600 ext. 4080
On this page
How Susquehanna County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau (Susquehanna County Treasurer), Director Rebecca S. Wescott
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- September 15, 2026 @ 10:00am Susquehanna County Office Building- 81 Lake Ave Montrose, PA 18801.
- Sale list
- Upset Sale Properties (PDF)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration is required for every sale, must be completed in person at the Tax Claim Bureau office, and must be received "NOT LESS THAN 10 BUSINESS DAYS" before the sale. There is a $25.00 bidder registration fee. Bidders file a signed Verification Form and a Deed Form filled out exactly as the deed should read, with a physical address required if a PO box is used; corporate paperwork is required when registering under a business name; a proxy bidder must complete all bidder paperwork plus a proxy form. Under Act 33 of 2021 each purchaser certifies they are not delinquent in Pennsylvania real estate taxes, have no municipal utility bill outstanding, are not bidding as agent for a barred person, and have no uncorrected housing code history. For the 2026 upset sale the verification deadline is September 4, 2026. For the 2026 judicial sale bidder packets were accepted only between 04/01/2026 and 04/24/2026 and the page states "BIDDER REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!" Blank Verification and Deed forms are downloadable from the Tax Claim Bureau page.
Sale format and venue
Susquehanna County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Susquehanna 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Upset Sale Properties (PDF) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
September 15, 2026 @ 10:00am Susquehanna County Office Building- 81 Lake Ave Montrose, PA 18801. 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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau (Susquehanna County Treasurer), Director Rebecca S. Wescott as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Susquehanna County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Upset Sale Properties (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Registration is required for every sale, must be completed in person at the Tax Claim Bureau office, and must be received "NOT LESS THAN 10 BUSINESS DAYS" before the sale. There is a $25.00 bidder registration fee. Bidders file a signed Verification Form and a Deed Form filled out exactly as the deed should read, with a physical address required if a PO box is used; corporate paperwork is required when registering under a business name; a proxy bidder must complete all bidder paperwork plus a proxy form. Under Act 33 of 2021 each purchaser certifies they are not delinquent in Pennsylvania real estate taxes, have no municipal utility bill outstanding, are not bidding as agent for a barred person, and have no uncorrected housing code history. For the 2026 upset sale the verification deadline is September 4, 2026. For the 2026 judicial sale bidder packets were accepted only between 04/01/2026 and 04/24/2026 and the page states "BIDDER REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!" Blank Verification and Deed forms are downloadable from the Tax Claim Bureau page.
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.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
unsold properties
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.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Office hours are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Fax is (570) 278-3372.
- The Bureau states "SALE LISTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE UNTIL AFTER AUGUST 14, 2026" and the upset sale page says the list will be available mid August 2026, so the posted upset PDF lags the current sale year for part of the summer.
- The judicial list PDF at https://web01.susqco.gov/treas/Judicial.pdf stays posted after the sale; the copy read on 2026-08-09 was the 2025 judicial list for the January 21, 2026 sale, with an in person registration deadline of January 11, 2026.
- A repository list PDF exists at https://web01.susqco.gov/treas/Repository.pdf, but the copy read on 2026-08-09 was the 2021 repository list. The Bureau's page directs buyers to call the office for current repository details and notes the county reserves the right to withhold any property from the repository list.
- The county site mixes sale years in places. The upset notice body cites both September 16, 2025 and September 15, 2026, and the main page says upset registration begins August 15, 2026 while also stating registration for the 2026 upset sale is closed. Confirm the operative date and registration window by phone before relying on either.
- The county sale list PDFs are served from the web01.susqco.gov host. The equivalent web01.susqco.com host fails TLS validation, so use the .gov host for the list links.
- Private sales of properties that drew no bid at the upset sale are available at any time after exposure, with notice to taxing districts and the owner and two published notices; a private sale price can be challenged in the Court of Common Pleas within 45 days.
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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
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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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