Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Sep 24, 2026 · 7 days ago

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

135

135 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Upset: mortgages and many judgments survive. Judicial: free and clear of most private liens after notice; federal tax liens require separate analysis.

Luzerne County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None in most counties for upset/judicial sales; limited redemption (90 days) survives in specific home-rule counties (e.g., Philadelphia, in narrow cases)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer in the large majority of counties
Governing statute: Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law, 72 P.S. §5860.101 et seq.
Population: 331,379 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person (King’s College gymnasium venue)
Frequency: Special Upset (spring), Judicial (August), primary Upset (late September) — confirm each year
Platform: Luzerne County Tax Claim — Tax Sales
Deposit rules: Pre-register with published individual/business forms (Act 33). Payment terms in Conditions of Sale — expect full certified funds day of sale for successful bids. No guarantee of title; research parcels and surplus-proceeds claims. Elite Revenue / luzernecountytaxclaim.com posts lists and results PDFs.

Title risk

Common after Upset; still frequently used post-Judicial before resale finance.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Luzerne County Tax Claim Bureau570-825-1512
Clerk of court: Luzerne County Recorder of Deeds
Property appraiser: Luzerne County Assessment / tax parcel search
GIS / parcel map: Luzerne County GIS / parcel maps

Areas trending up

Wilkes-Barre downtown / River Common edge — Urban revitalization and institutional employment with selective multifamily demand
Kingston / Forty Fort west side — Suburban owner demand and relative value versus mountain soft inventory
Hazleton / CAN DO industrial edge — Logistics and warehouse job growth supporting workforce housing absorption

Notes

Pennsylvania RETSL tax-deed via Luzerne County Tax Claim (Elite Revenue). 2026 calendar: Special Upset Thursday April 23, 2026 10 a.m. (results posted); Judicial Sale Thursday August 6, 2026 10 a.m.; primary Upset Thursday September 24, 2026 10 a.m. Venue: King’s College Scandlon Gymnasium Auxiliary Gym, 150 N Main St, Wilkes-Barre. Upset recovers taxes + municipal claims (liens largely remain); Judicial is free-and-clear style auction after unsold/upset path. Act 33 registration forms required. Wilkes-Barre–Scranton metro.

4 sources

Inherited from Pennsylvania rather than researched for Luzerne: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 135 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 135 land-only. Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Pennsylvania has no statewide assessment ratio. Counties assess against their own base years, some decades old, and the State Tax Equalization Board publishes a Common Level Ratio per county each year. Always use the county ratio. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.