The Tax Claim Office is responsible for the collection of delinquent school, municipal and county real estate property taxes and it prepares and conducts County tax sales. The office’s mission is to maintain public records of all real estate which possess unpaid taxes and to issue tax lien information when real estate is transferred accordingly.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Our Judicial Sale has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 7, 2025 at 10:00am in Courtroom #1 of the Cambria County Courthouse.  Bidder Registration will be IN PERSON ONLY from Monday, December 9, 2024 through Friday, December 20, 2024 during our regular business hours of 9:00am to 4:00pm.   We will not register any bidders outside of that time period. If you arrive after 4:00pm on December 20, 2024, you will not be registered.  The list of properties can be found below.  NOTE: ONE OF THE LAND BANKS WILL BE PURCHASING THREE OF THESE PROPERTIES.  PLEASE SEE THE 3RD PAGE OF THE LIST BELOW.

The next Private Tax Sale will be held in March, 2025.  The exact date has not been determined.  AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2024, 2:30PM, WE HAVE REACHED OUR CAP – NO ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES WILL BE PUT ON THE LIST FOR THE MARCH 2025 PRIVATE TAX SALE.  Any bids brought in after this time will be for a future Private Tax Sale, most likely in June 2025.

ALL PRIVATE SALES WILL HAVE A CAP OF 50 PROPERTIES.  EACH BIDDER WILL BE PERMITTED TO PUT UP TO FOUR PROPERTIES ON THE LIST, PER SALE.  This will not preclude anyone from bidding on all eligible properties at the auction. 

Please call (814) 472-1445 with questions.