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Blair County Tax Claim
Bureau
Blair County Courthouse
423 Allegheny Street, Suite 143
Hollidaysburg, PA 16648
Polly J. Cardone
Director
Shelley A. Berry
Assistant Director
Office:
(814) 317-2361
Office Fax:
(814) 693-3036
Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8am-4pm, EST
Except Legal Holidays
We remain open over lunch.
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Tax Claim Bureau Repository Rules &
Conditions
(The Bureau reserves the right to make changes to these terms and
need be.)
!!! PLEASE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE FOLLOWING PRIOR TO SUBMITTING A
BID !!!
Please be advised that
the posted Repository List is to be used as a guideline and may
include properties that have recently been sold or are pending sale
approval.
All bids must be
submitted, with the provided form, either by mail or in person. We
will not accept any bid submitted to the Bureau by email or fax.
All persons desiring to bid on any
property offered for sale are required to use form
provided on the web site and submit it to: Blair County Tax
Claim Bureau, 423 Allegheny St., Ste.143, Hollidaysburg, PA. 16648.
All sales are also subject to the
written consent of each taxing district where the property is
located. Once the Bureau receives your bid it will be submitted for
approval to the School District in which the property is located as
well as the Municipality for approval. (Please be aware that it can
take up to two to three weeks for the Bureau to even submit your bid
to the required taxing authorities, and then it can take up to 30
days from them receiving your bid to approve or deny the bid).
In the event a taxing
district rejects the bid, the bidder will be notified in writing.
***If you submit a bid at the time
of any up coming tax sales ex. (Upset or Judicial) this process will
be longer, if you have not received any type of notification
from us within 3 months of submitting your bid, you can then call
our office to see if we have received any information.
If all parties accept your Bid, you
will be notified in writing of the required funds due in order to
transfer the deed into the purchaser’s name. All properties sold are
subject to Recording Costs and Transfer Taxes.
Please be advised that the transfer
tax is a certain % of the current assessed value of the property, so
please make sure you can afford the transfer tax as well as the bid
amount you are submitting. (You can verify the amount
on the transfer tax before you bid by calling our office.)
Winning Bidder, will within twenty
(20) days following acceptance of the bid, be required to
send payment by Certified Check or Money Order payable to
the Blair County Tax Claim Bureau. Also, the fees
required for the Recording of the deed and the
Transfer Tax can be made by a personal check or money order made
payable to The Blair County Recorder of Deeds. You
will also have to provide a VERIFICATION OF NON-OWNERSHIP INTEREST,
NON-DELINQUENCY AND COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 601(d) OF RETSL OF 1947,
on the form provided by the Bureau that the said person is not
delinquent in paying real estate taxes to any of the taxing
districts (county, municipal or school) where the property is
located and that the person has no municipal utility bills that are
more than one (1) year outstanding. You will need to provide a
photo copy of your Drivers License along with this form.
The Tax Claim
Bureau will issue a deed to the purchaser. However, the said deed
will not contain any warranty either general or special. We
strongly urge you to consult an attorney prior to purchase and also
to drive by the location to make sure you have access to the
property you are bidding on.
**** No refund will
be made after the property is sold. ****
IMPORTANT NOTICE: The
rule of Caveat Emptor (buyer beware) applies. (See 72 P.S. 5931)
We urge you to
research the property prior to placing a bid. The property is
offered for sale by the Tax Claim Bureau without any guarantee or
warranty what so ever, either as to existence, correctness of
ownership, size boundaries, locations, structures or lack of a
structure, liens, and title or any other matter.
Mobil Homes / trailers will, however, be sold under and subject to
any encumbrances listed on the trailer’s certificate of title.
An encumbrance
is a legal term of art for anything that affects or limits
the title of a property, such as mortgages, leases,
easements, liens, or restrictions. Also, those
considered as potentially making the title defeasible are also
encumbrances. For example, charging orders, building
orders and structure alteration.
| To download the current Blair County
Repository List in Adobe®
PDF format |
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| To place a bid on a
property listed on the Blair County Repository List,
you must download and complete the following forms: |
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1. Bid Form |
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2. Bidder Verification form |
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New
Years Day
Fri., January 1, 2010
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Mon., January 18, 2010
Presidents Day
Mon., February 15, 2010
Good Friday
Fri., April 2, 2010
Municipal Primary
Tues., May 18, 2010
Memorial Day
Mon., May 31, 2010
Independence Day
Mon., July 5, 2010
Labor Day
Mon., September 6, 2010
Columbus Day
Mon., October 11, 2010
Municipal Election
Tues., November 2, 2010
Veterans Day
Thurs., November 11, 2010
Thanksgiving Day
Thurs., November 25, 2010
Friday following Thanksgiving Day
Fri., November 26, 2010
Christmas
Day
Fri., December 25, 2010
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