Washington County, Pennsylvania — Tax Sale & Surplus Procedure

Local operations layer. The legal framework (RETSL redemption rules, surplus rights, statutes, case law) lives on the parent page → pennsylvania. This page covers how Washington County actually runs it: in-person auctions at the Crossroads Building in the City of Washington, specific judicial/repository sale dates, Act 33 pre-registration, the new $250 Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund fee, the Washington County Land Bank’s priority-bid right, and all offices/portals. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

C0. Identity

• County seat: City of Washington, PA 15301 (2020 city population 13,176)
• Population (2020 census): 209,349
• FIPS: 42125
• Recording unit: county (Recorder of Deeds)
• County class: fourth-class county (2020 population falls in the 145,000–210,000 fourth-class band; needs_verification for the formal classification certificate). Washington is not Philadelphia (1st class) or Allegheny (2nd class), so it runs under RETSL, not the MCTLA.
• Parent legal framework: pennsylvania — Washington County is governed by RETSL (Act 542, 72 P.S. §§ 5860.101–5860.803); the Tax Claim Bureau (not the sheriff) conducts upset, judicial, and repository tax sales. No post-sale right of redemption. The Sheriff conducts mortgage-foreclosure sales.

C1. Local Tax Sale

Conducts own sale? Yes — the Washington County Tax Claim Bureau (a division of the county Tax Revenue Department) runs all RETSL sale types (upset, judicial, repository). The Sheriff runs separate mortgage-foreclosure sales. — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims

Platform: In-person only — no online auction vendor identified. Judicial and repository sales are held at the Washington County Crossroads Building, Ground Floor, Room G-16, 95 W. Beau St., Washington, PA 15301. Bidders must be physically present. — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-judicial-sale ; https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-repository-sale

Sale Calendar

Sources: Tax Claim Bureau / Claims page (directly fetched); Judicial Sale page (directly fetched — June 24, 2026 sale, June 8–12 registration); Repository Sale page (directly fetched — Aug 19, 2026 sale, Aug 3–7 registration); Sheriff page (directly fetched — 2026 Sheriff Sale Dates document).

Upset-sale month is not currently posted. The county site shows “2026 Upset Sale Information not available at this time.” The statewide RETSL norm is a September annual upset sale (pennsylvania §1), but the exact Washington County upset date for 2026 is needs_verification.

Registration & Deposit (Act 33 pre-registration)

Per Act 33 of 2021, all prospective bidders must pre-register at least 10 days prior to the sale date. Registration is taken in person at the Tax Claim Bureau, 95 W. Beau St., Suite 525, Washington, PA 15301.

• Judicial sale (June 24, 2026): registration runs Monday, June 8, 2026 (9:00 A.M.) through Friday, June 12, 2026 (4:00 P.M.).
• Repository sale (Aug 19, 2026): registration begins Monday, Aug 3, 2026 (9:00 A.M.) and concludes Friday, Aug 7, 2026 (4:00 P.M.).
• Registration fee: $25.00 (cash only).

Required of all bidders:

• Valid photo identification / driver’s license
• Bidder Registry Form
• Affidavit of Bidder
• Affidavit of Non-Bidding Potential Owner (if applicable)

For businesses / corporations / LLCs (additional):

• IRS Form SS-4 or EIN verification letter
• List of associated business entities and ownership details
• List of all partners, managers, members, and authorized signatories

Sources: Judicial Sale page (directly fetched); Repository Sale page (directly fetched).

$250 Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund fee

Effective June 1, 2025, an additional $250.00 fee is collected for each parcel sold for the county’s newly implemented Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund, in addition to the successful bid amount. It applies to both Upset and Judicial Sales and is paid to the Washington County Treasurer on the day of the sale together with the bid monies. — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims

Payment terms

Accepted payment forms (tax-sale and delinquent payments): cash, money orders, cashier’s checks, or attorney’s checks only. No personal checks accepted. Parcels exposed and unsold at a tax sale cannot be redeemed by online/web payment — direct payment to the Treasurer is required. — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims

Anti-disruption rule: “Rescinding bids post-sale or disrupting the sale procedures will result in a permanent ban of all future Washington County Tax Sales.” — Repository Sale page (directly fetched).

Delinquent / sale lists

• Judicial and repository sale-information and legal-notice PDFs are linked from the respective sale pages (the prior cycle’s “2025 Judicial Sale” PDF was hosted at cms.washingtoncopa.gov/uploads/; current-cycle PDFs are linked from the live pages). The judicial-sale list flags Washington County Land Bank parcels of interest (see C10). — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-judicial-sale
• Online delinquent-tax / real-estate tax inquiry: https://tax.washcopa.org/wcmtp/tri_msb.asp (search by parcel number, owner name, or address).

Upset-sale lien trap

The upset-sale deed is taken subject to all recorded liens/mortgages not included in the upset price (RETSL § 609); only a judicial sale delivers a free-and-clear deed. — undivested-liens-upset-sale; pennsylvania §1, §7.

C2. Local Redemption → framework: right-of-redemption

No post-sale right of redemption under RETSL. Washington County’s materials confirm the PA rule that owners may cure only before the sale: the county states a parcel owner has “the right to redemption if they redeem their delinquencies in full before the sale of their property.” Once a parcel is exposed and sold, it cannot be redeemed. — RETSL § 501; fouse-v-saratoga-partners; pennsylvania §2; https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-judicial-sale

Pre-sale cure / where to pay: Delinquent tax payments are collected Monday–Friday, 9:00 A.M.–4:00 P.M. at the Washington County Treasurer’s Office, 95 W. Beau St., Suite 130, Washington, PA 15301. The Tax Claim Bureau (Suite 525) collects delinquent claims; the Treasurer’s office (Suite 130) takes the over-the-counter payments. Accepted: cash, money order, cashier’s check, attorney’s check (no personal checks). — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims

Online payment: https://tax.washcopa.org/wcmtp/tri_msb.asp (note: parcels already exposed/unsold at a sale cannot be paid online).

Pre-sale cure deadline: The county does not publish a specific pre-sale cut-off date on the fetched pages; under RETSL the owner/lien creditor must pay before the property is actually sold. needs_verification for Washington County’s posted last-day-to-pay before each sale.

Payment agreement / installment option: Not described on the fetched Washington County pages; RETSL § 603 permits the bureau to enter a pre-sale payment agreement to stay a sale (pennsylvania §2b). needs_verification for a Washington-specific installment-plan policy.

C3. Local Surplus / Excess Proceeds → framework: surplus-funds

Governing law: RETSL § 205(d)–(f) — proceeds are distributed by the Tax Claim Bureau through a Court of Common Pleas-confirmed distribution schedule; the owner’s surplus must be claimed within 3 years or it redistributes to the taxing districts (§ 205(f)). — See pennsylvania §3 and surplus-3-year-forfeiture.

County practice (verbatim): “Washington County does NOT maintain an excess fund list. All monies are distributed to owner(s) or to the Municipalities after 3 years.” — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims

This confirms two operationally important facts:

1. No published unclaimed-surplus list — unlike Cumberland County, Washington County does not post an excess-funds list. A former owner must contact the bureau directly to learn whether a surplus exists for a parcel.
2. 3-year forfeiture to municipalities — consistent with RETSL § 205(f), unclaimed surplus is re-distributed to the taxing districts after three years (a forfeiture whose post-tyler-v-hennepin-county validity is unsettled — see pennsylvania §11/Meta).

Surplus claim filing venue:

Claim process (consistent with RETSL § 205(e) and PA practice — see pennsylvania §3):

1. The Tax Claim Bureau petitions the Washington County Court of Common Pleas to confirm a schedule of distribution (§ 205(e)).
2. The former owner and other distributees are served a rule to show cause by first-class mail on the proposed distribution.
3. The former owner presents a claim (notarized claim form + photo ID; short certificate for an estate) to the bureau.
4. Claim deadline: 3 years from the sale (§ 205(f)); unclaimed surplus goes to the municipalities/taxing districts.

Claim form: No standalone Washington County surplus-claim PDF was retrieved (the county “does NOT maintain an excess fund list”). needs_verification for a published claim-form document or written procedure.

Third-party finder rules / fee cap: Consistent with PA Treasury statewide practice, surplus “finders” must be registered with the PA Treasury and present a signed owner-finder agreement; no RETSL fee cap exists. needs_verification for any Washington-specific written finder policy. — third-party-recovery-rules; pennsylvania §3.

▸ For Investors / Operators — Washington County surplus runs the RETSL § 205(d) waterfall (Commonwealth liens → taxing districts → municipal authorities → lienholders by priority → former owner), confirmed by a Court of Common Pleas distribution schedule; the county publishes no excess-funds list, so surplus availability must be confirmed directly with the bureau. Before committing capital, weigh that an upset-sale deed is taken subject to undivested mortgages and liens (§ 609) with no post-sale redemption, while a judicial-sale deed is free and clear; see pennsylvania §5b for the marketable-title path (quiet title in Common Pleas, 2–3-year insurer seasoning) and §7b for surviving liens (HSCA § 509 super-lien, UPCA § 5315 HOA super-priority, IRS § 7425 120-day redemption). Note the Washington County Land Bank’s priority bid on judicial parcels (C10), which can remove targeted parcels from open competition.

▸ For Former Owners — Any sale proceeds above the taxes, claims, interest, and costs are paid to you last in the § 205(d) waterfall. Because Washington County does not publish an excess-funds list, contact the Tax Claim Bureau (Suite 525, 724-228-6850) directly to ask whether a surplus exists for your former parcel, and present a notarized claim form plus photo ID (short certificate for an estate). Mind the 3-year deadline — under § 205(f) an unclaimed balance is re-distributed to the municipalities three years after the sale.

C4. Offices & Contacts

Note on the Tax Claim Bureau address: the Claims page lists “95 W. Beau St, Ste. 130” (the Treasurer’s window where payments are taken) while the registration / Tax Revenue pages list Suite 525 as the Tax Claim Bureau / registration office. Treat Suite 525 as the bureau/registration office and Suite 130 as the Treasurer’s payment window. — both directly fetched.

Sources: Claims page, Treasurer page, Recorder of Deeds page, Sheriff page, Prothonotary/Filing page (all directly fetched); Prothonotary name/suite corroborated by washingtoncourts.us.

C5. Local Procedure Notes

• In-person bidding only. No online auction vendor; judicial and repository sales are held at the Crossroads Building, Ground Floor, Room G-16.
• Act 33 pre-registration is mandatory for all sales, in person at Suite 525, at least 10 days before the sale; $25 cash-only registration fee.
• $250 Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund fee per parcel (effective June 1, 2025) on upset and judicial sales, paid to the Treasurer on sale day in addition to the bid.
• No personal checks for tax-sale or delinquent payments; cash / money order / cashier’s check / attorney’s check only.
• No excess-funds list published (surplus confirmed bureau-direct).
• Permanent ban for rescinding a bid post-sale or disrupting a sale (repository terms).
• Washington County Land Bank priority bid on judicial-sale parcels (see C10) — a parcel flagged for the Land Bank may be acquired by it ahead of open bidders.
• Two RETSL collection touchpoints split between offices: the Tax Claim Bureau (Suite 525) administers sales and claims; the Treasurer’s Office (Suite 130) takes over-the-counter delinquent payments and sale-day bid monies.

C6. Records Access

Sources: Tax Revenue page (directly fetched — tax inquiry, Tyler property records, ArcGIS parcel viewer); Recorder of Deeds page (directly fetched — Landex 1781–present); Filing page (directly fetched — efile.ctrack e-filing); Sheriff page (directly fetched — mapping/auction site).

C8. Title & Quiet Title

Title type: tax deed (RETSL) — two varieties:

• Upset-sale deed: conveys title subject to undivested liens/mortgages not in the upset price (§ 609). Generally not insurable without curing liens or proceeding to judicial sale.
• Judicial-sale / repository deed: sold free and clear of taxes, liens, mortgages, and judgments (except U.S. government / federal liens). Closer to insurable but commonly still requires a quiet title action for underwriter comfort.

Quiet title action:

• Required? Practically required for insurable/mortgageable title, especially after an upset-sale purchase. Most title companies will not insure a PA tax-sale deed for 2–3 years post-sale without a completed quiet title action or a certification process. — https://www.taxtitleservices.com/quiet-title-action-pennsylvania
• Type: judicial civil action (in equity), Pa.R.C.P. 1061–1066. — pennsylvania §5b.
• Court: Court of Common Pleas of Washington County (27th Judicial District) — filed with the Prothonotary, Laura Hough, 95 W. Beau St., Suite 510, Washington, PA 15301; (724) 228-6770. Civil e-filing at https://efile.ctrack.washingtoncourts.us.
• Filing fee: Per the Washington County Prothonotary “Civil Filings and Divorce Fee Bill,” a Complaint or Summons (the vehicle for a quiet-title complaint) is $131.75 (plus$1.00 per defendant over three), with a $15.25 judgment fee. — https://www.washingtoncourts.us/DocumentCenter/View/142/2019-Civil-Filings-and-Divorce-Fee-Bill-PDF (2019 fee bill, directly extracted; needs_verification for the current 2024/2025 schedule amount).
• Typical timeline: minimum 6 months uncontested; longer if contested. — taxtitleservices.com (secondary, corroborating).
• Typical total cost: attorney fees + filing + title search + publication, commonly cited in excess of $4,500. — taxtitleservices.com (secondary). — pennsylvania §5b.

Deed seasoning local notes: Even after a judicial (free-and-clear) sale, title companies typically want a seasoning period or completed quiet title before insuring; upset-sale deeds additionally require resolution of undivested liens (undivested-liens-upset-sale).

Title insurers active locally: needs_verification — no Washington-County-specific underwriter list was retrieved; typical PA underwriters (Stewart, Old Republic, First American, Fidelity) operate statewide, and Tax Title Services offers a PA certification alternative. — pennsylvania §5b.

C9. Purchaser Obligations

Subsequent tax payment office:

• Delinquent (prior-year) taxes: Washington County Tax Claim Bureau (Suite 525) / Treasurer’s Office (Suite 130, the payment window), 95 W. Beau St., Washington, PA 15301; 724-228-6850 / 724-228-6780; online inquiry/payment at https://tax.washcopa.org/wcmtp/tri_msb.asp.
• Current-year county/municipal/school taxes: paid to the local municipal/school elected tax collector for the property’s taxing district; the County Treasurer collects the county real-estate tax. — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/treasurer

Notice-to-owner procedure: Under RETSL there is no purchaser-run owner-notice obligation for tax-sale surplus — the Tax Claim Bureau serves the § 205(e) rule-to-show-cause on distributees (including the former owner) by first-class mail when it petitions the Court of Common Pleas to confirm the distribution schedule. Pre-sale § 602 notice (certified mail, posting, publication) is likewise the bureau’s duty. — pennsylvania §3, §6. needs_verification for any local Washington County court rule on purchaser notice to occupants.

Redemption payment office: No post-sale redemption under RETSL. Pre-sale cure payments go to the Treasurer’s Office (Suite 130) or the Tax Claim Bureau (Suite 525); online inquiry at https://tax.washcopa.org/wcmtp/tri_msb.asp.

Occupancy and access notes: RETSL provides no post-sale redemption and no statutory right for the former owner to remain in possession after the sale; confirmation does not become absolute until the § 607 objection window runs. Possession disputes resolve through the Court of Common Pleas. needs_verification for Washington-specific local court rules or ejectment-timing practice. — pennsylvania §10b.

C10. Local Restrictions

Washington County Land Bank (WCLB) — active:

• Name: Washington County Land Bank
• Created: March 3, 2016, “pursuant to the Pennsylvania Land Bank Act” (Act 153 of 2012, 68 Pa.C.S. §§ 2101–2117). — https://wclandbank.net/about/
• Administering entity: the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington serves as the administrative office of the Land Bank.
• Address / contact: 90 West Chestnut Street, Suite 700, Washington, PA 15301; 724-228-6875.
• Website: https://wclandbank.net
• Mission (verbatim): “to deter blight and to return vacant property to productive status using a unified, predictable, and transparent process”; to “facilitate the return of blighted, vacant, abandoned and tax-delinquent properties to productive use.”

WCLB priority bid at judicial sales — RETSL/Land Bank Act mechanism: The county states that “the Washington County Land Bank is entitled to priority bid on any parcel listed within the Judicial Sale Lists.” The Tax Claim Bureau advertises Land Bank “parcels of interest” on the judicial-sale list prior to the sale. Where the Land Bank and the plaintiff (Tax Claim Bureau) have an agreement and no one bids above the minimum, the parcel is sold to the Land Bank upon its payment of the upset/sale costs, and all liens, claims, and subordinate encumbrances are discharged by the sale (the free-and-clear judicial-sale result). This is the Pennsylvania Land Bank Act preferential-bidding mechanism (pennsylvania §11b), not an absolute pre-auction ROFR over third-party purchases. — https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-judicial-sale ; https://wclandbank.net/about/ ; 68 Pa.C.S. § 2117.

Right of first refusal (ROFR): The Land Bank’s right is a statutory priority bid at the judicial sale, exercised on listed/flagged parcels — functionally a preference, not an open-ended ROFR over every county tax-sale purchase. No local ordinance granting a broader ROFR over open-market tax-sale bids was retrieved. needs_verification for the WCLB’s governing policies/by-laws document (not retrieved) and for any agreement terms or match-window between the Land Bank and the bureau.

Entity / insider notes: Standard RETSL Act 33 (§ 501-A) bidder pre-registration applies to all bidders — affidavit certifying no PA tax delinquencies, no acting on behalf of a barred/owner party (the Affidavit of Non-Bidding Potential Owner enforces the rule that a delinquent owner may not buy back their own parcel at the sale), and no uncorrected code violations. Entities must produce EIN/SS-4 documentation and a full member/officer list. — Judicial Sale and Repository Sale pages (directly fetched); pennsylvania §11b.

C7. Meta

sources:

• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — About the Tax Claim Bureau: bureau role; “2026 Upset Sale Information not available at this time”; $250 Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund fee (eff. June 1, 2025, per parcel, upset + judicial, paid to Treasurer on sale day); accepted payments (cash/money order/cashier’s/attorney’s checks; no personal checks); “Washington County does NOT maintain an excess fund list. All monies are distributed to owner(s) or to the Municipalities after 3 years.”; delinquent payments collected at Treasurer’s Office Suite 130; online portal tax.washcopa.org.
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-judicial-sale, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — 2026 Judicial Sale Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 10:00 A.M., Crossroads Building Ground Floor G-16; registration June 8–12, 2026 at Suite 525; $25 cash registration fee; Act 33 10-day pre-registration; bidder documents (photo ID, Bidder Registry Form, Affidavit of Bidder, Affidavit of Non-Bidding Potential Owner; entity SS-4/EIN + member list); Land Bank priority bid on judicial-sale-list parcels; redemption only “before the sale.”
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue/claims-repository-sale, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — 2026 Fall Repository Sale Wednesday, August 19, 2026, Crossroads Building G-16; registration Aug 3–7, 2026 at Suite 525; $25 cash fee; same bidder documents; permanent-ban rule for rescinding bids/disrupting sale.
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/tax-revenue, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Tax Revenue Dept. (Assessments + Claims divisions); Director Raffaele Casale; 95 W. Beau St., Suite 525; phone 724-228-6850; portals: tax payment (tax.washcopa.org/wcmtp/tri_msb.asp), property records (tyler.washcopa.org), ArcGIS parcel viewer.
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/treasurer, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Treasurer Tom Flickinger; Crossroads Center, 95 W. Beau St., Suite 130; 724-228-6780; hours 9:00–4:00; collects county taxes / receives bid monies.
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/recorder-of-deeds, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Recorder Carrie Perrell; 95 W. Beau St., Suite 520; 724-228-6806; hours 9:00–4:30 (recording ends 4:00); recording fee structure (4 pages/4 names/1 PIN base; $2/extra page;$.50/extra name; $10/extra PIN; CJEA fee$2.50→$3.50); deeds 1781–present via Landex (1-800-370-2836 Opt. 4).
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncopa.gov/sheriff, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Sheriff Anthony E. Andronas; 95 W. Beau St., Suite 110; 724-228-6840; conducts real-estate/personal-property sales; “2026 Sheriff Sale Dates” document; Sheriff’s Sale mapping application / auction site.
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncourts.us/232/Filing, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Prothonotary Laura Hough, 95 W. Beau St., Suite 510; civil e-filing at efile.ctrack.washingtoncourts.us; tax-assessment-appeal fee $131.75.
• {type: official, url: https://www.washingtoncourts.us/DocumentCenter/View/142/2019-Civil-Filings-and-Divorce-Fee-Bill-PDF, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Prothonotary 2019 Civil Filings & Divorce Fee Bill; Complaint or Summons $131.75; Quiet Title Action / Judgment$15.25; municipal/mechanics/Commonwealth lien $20.75; directly extracted via pdftotext. (2019 vintage — current amount needs_verification.)
• {type: official, url: https://wclandbank.net/about/, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Washington County Land Bank created March 3, 2016 under the PA Land Bank Act; mission; administered via the Redevelopment Authority of the County of Washington; 90 West Chestnut St., Suite 700; 724-228-6875.
• {type: official, url: https://tax.washcopa.org/wcmtp/tri_msb.asp, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — Real-estate tax information/payment portal (search by parcel, owner name, address); Treasurer-operated.
• {type: secondary, url: https://www.taxtitleservices.com/quiet-title-action-pennsylvania, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — PA quiet title: 2–3-year insurer seasoning, minimum ~6 months, cost in excess of $4,500; certification alternative. Corroborating only.
• {type: secondary, url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington_County,_Pennsylvania, retrieved: 2026-06-02} — 2020 county population 209,349; county seat City of Washington (city pop. 13,176). Corroborating.

needs_verification:

• Upset-sale date/month for 2026 — county shows “not available at this time”; statewide September norm assumed but not confirmed for Washington.
• Adjournment-sale date — “not available at this time.”
• County class certificate — fourth-class assumed from the 145,000–210,000 population band; formal classification not directly retrieved.
• Pre-sale last-day-to-pay before each sale — not posted on fetched pages.
• Payment-agreement / installment policy (RETSL § 603) — no Washington-specific policy retrieved.
• Surplus claim form / written procedure — county publishes no excess-funds list and no standalone claim-form PDF was retrieved; confirm bureau-direct process and any form.
• Third-party finder / surplus-recovery written policy and fee terms — statewide PA Treasury registration assumed; no Washington-specific document retrieved (statewide gap — see pennsylvania §3).
• Current (2024/2025) Prothonotary civil filing fee — confirmed $131.75 from the 2019 fee bill; current schedule (View/1249) not extractable (returned HTML, not the PDF).
• Title insurers active locally — no Washington-specific underwriter list retrieved.
• Tax Claim Bureau suite discrepancy — Claims page lists Suite 130 (Treasurer payment window) vs. Suite 525 (registration/bureau); confirm current bureau office suite.
• WCLB governing policies / by-laws document and any Land-Bank–bureau agreement match-window terms — not retrieved (compare Westmoreland’s published WCLB policies PDF).
• Sheriff mortgage-foreclosure sale schedule, location, deposit/payment terms — “2026 Sheriff Sale Dates” document not extracted; sale location/deposit not confirmed.
• 2025 Judicial Sale information PDF (cms.washingtoncopa.gov/uploads/J25_Sale_Information…) — returned 404/JSON on fetch; superseded by the live judicial-sale page.

cross_links: pennsylvania, right-of-redemption, surplus-funds, third-party-recovery-rules, due-process-notice, undivested-liens-upset-sale, surplus-3-year-forfeiture, tyler-v-hennepin-county, fouse-v-saratoga-partners, tracy-v-county-of-chester, bankruptcy-automatic-stay, federal-tax-lien-redemption

changelog:

• 2026-06-02 — Initial population. Tax Claim Bureau / Claims page, Judicial Sale page, Repository Sale page, Tax Revenue page, Treasurer page, Recorder of Deeds page, Sheriff page, Prothonotary/Filing page, the 2019 Prothonotary fee bill (pdftotext), the WCLB about page, and the tax.washcopa.org portal all directly fetched. Confirmed: June 24, 2026 judicial sale; Aug 19, 2026 repository sale; $25 cash registration;$250 Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund fee (eff. June 1, 2025); “no excess fund list / 3-year distribution to municipalities”; Land Bank priority bid (created March 3, 2016). Upset-sale date, county class, current Prothonotary fee schedule, and bureau-suite discrepancy flagged for verification.

Legal information, not legal advice. This page summarizes Washington County, Pennsylvania tax sale and surplus procedure from official county sources as of the last_verified date. Washington County operates under RETSL (Act 542, 72 P.S. §§ 5860.101–5860.803) — there is no post-sale right of redemption, and an upset-sale deed is taken subject to undivested liens. Verify current sale dates, registration windows, the $250 Demolition & Rehabilitation Fund fee, and the 3-year surplus-claim deadline directly with the Tax Claim Bureau before acting. The Washington County Land Bank holds a priority bid on judicial-sale parcels and may affect availability. Last verified: 2026-06-02.