JUDICIAL TAX SALE CONDITIONS OF SALE (2025)

Winning bidders will receive a Buyer’s Certificate from GovDeals as their notice of a winning bid.  The winning bidder will receive wire instructions and instructions for payment via certified checks directly from GovDeals.  The winning bidder shall be required to make payment in full by certified check or wire directly to GovDeals as agent on behalf of the Lancaster County Tax Claim Bureau by 4:00 PM EST of the next business day following notification to the winning bidder. The winning bidder shall also present a copy of the Buyer’s Certificate to the Tax Claim Bureau.  Winning bidders shall be required to pay the bid in full and in addition to their bids, the buyer’s auction fee (5% of the winning bid), the cost for recording each deed, and the cost of such transfer tax stamps as may be necessary.  Failure to submit payment in full by 4:00 PM EST of the next business day shall result in a default and may prevent the bidder from being approved to bid at future tax sales.  The Tax Claim Bureau reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids in accordance with the Real Estate Tax Sale Law and these Conditions of Sale. If the conditions of sale are not adhered to, the property shall be re-exposed to sale immediately or at the latest, before the end of the tax sales. All sales will be final and no adjustments will be made after the Tax Sale is closed. Buyers will be required to pay, as part of their bids, the cost for recording each deed, and the required transfer tax. Deeds will be prepared by the Bureau and recorded. 

The above properties are being sold pursuant to Orders of Court docketed to the above referenced numbers obtained in accordance with 72 P.S. 5860.610 et seq, free and clear of all tax and municipal claims, mortgages, certain liens, charges and estates, except separately taxed ground rents. It is strongly urged that prospective purchasers examine the docketed Prothonotary file and the title to any property in which they may be interested and consult with an attorney with regard thereto. Each property is offered for sale by the Tax Claim Bureau without any guarantee or warranty whatsoever, either as to existence, correctness of ownership, size, boundaries, location, structures or lack of structures upon the land, liens, title, condition of the property or any matter or thing whatsoever, including but not limited to environmental conditions such as possible wetlands, storm water drainage matters, underground storage tanks or hazardous or toxic waste or materials in, on, or under the property. Prior advertisement for these properties was made in the Lancaster Newspaper on October 11, 2024, the Ephrata Review on October 16, 2024, and the Lancaster Law Review on October 11, 2024.

Pursuant to P.L. 1239, 68 Pa. C.S.A. §2101, et seq., the Pennsylvania Land Bank Act was enacted which in part provides that a land bank may enter into an option agreement to purchase property at a price agreed upon by the applicable taxing bodies.  The Lancaster County Land Bank Authority may enter into such an Option Agreement and if so a copy of said Option Agreement shall be provided to the Director of the Tax Claim Bureau.  Additionally, the Lancaster County Land Bank Authority may be a potential bidder for any or all of the properties to be exposed at the Judicial Tax sale. 

Pre-registration is required.  Registration for the Judicial Tax Sale can be completed online at https://www.govdeals.com/lctcb2025JudicialTaxSale from October 6, 2025, thru November 7, 2025 at 4:00 p.m.  All bidders will be required to fill out and sign a bidder registration form, complete and submit a notarized bidder’s affidavit and certificate, and will be required to present a photo ID in order to bid. Purchasers bidding on a property on behalf of another individual or entity must present a fully executed Power of Attorney that has been recorded in the Recorder of Deeds Office prior to the time of completing the bidder registration form. If an individual is planning to bid in the name of a corporation, partnership, LLC or any other business entity, said individual must have the appropriate official documentation to show proof of authority to bid on behalf of said entity as well as official proof that said entity is a duly registered legal entity as appropriate. Signature on the bidder registration form is an acknowledgment of the signor’s full and complete understanding of these Conditions of Sale and agreement to be bound thereby.

            The Real Estate Tax Sale Law requires a successful bidder to provide certification to the Bureau within twenty (20) days following any sale that the successful bidder is not delinquent in paying real estate taxes to any of the taxing districts where the property is located and that the successful bidder has no municipal utility bills that are more than one (1) year outstanding.

BY: THE LANCASTER COUNTY TAX CLAIM BUREAU