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 NOTICES:

2024 Unpaid Taxes are now delinquent.  We expect to have all 2024 unpaid amounts uploaded into our system by the end of January.  Please be patient with us as we work to ensure all amounts are correctly uploaded.  UPDATE 2/3/25:  We are still working on one district, thank you for your patience.

We will be transitioning to a new online payment service at the end of January 2025.  ONLINE PAYMENTS AND LIEN CERTIFICATES ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.  YOU MAY BRING IN OR MAIL IN YOUR PAYMENTS, USING CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS.  Please be patient with us during that transition.  We are confident that your online payment experience will be improved with this change.

The next Private Tax Sale will be held in March 26, 2025 at 10:00am in Courtroom #1 of the Cambria County Courthouse.  Bidder registration for this sale will be held Monday, March 3, 2025 through Friday, March 14, 2025, between the hours of 9am and 4pm.  No registrations will be accepted after 4:00PM ON MARCH 14, 2025.  ALL BIDDERS MUST REGISTER IN PERSON.  The sale list and bidder forms may be found below.

The following Private Tax Sale will be held June 18, 2025.  The deadline to bid properties into this sale is February 28, 2025, or when we reach 50 properties.  Please call before bringing in your bid to ask if we have reached 50 properties.

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.