Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

Sep 24, 2026 · 8 days ago· 10:00 AM

Tax Deedscheduledvia In person

Parcels

1,788

1,374 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Held at

Kings College Scandlon Physical Education Center (auxiliary gym), 150 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre 18702

Venue: Live
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Same day
Total offered: $15,631,289

Phone: 570.825.1512
Email: info@eliterevenue.com
Fax: 570.820.6339

Upset Sale

Registration and terms

Prospective bidders must register prior to sale. DUE TO NEW LEGISLATION PASSED ON JUNE 25, 2021 AND EFFECTIVE AUGUST 29, 2021, IN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, REGISTRATION MUST BE COMPLETED IN PERSON AND NO LESS THAN TEN DAYS PRIOR TO EACH TAX SALE.

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.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 1,374 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 1,374 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 Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.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.

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Held at

Kings College Scandlon Physical Education Center (auxiliary gym), 150 North Main Street, Wilkes-Barre 18702

Venue

Live

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Same day

Total offered

$15,631,289

Upset Sale

Registration and terms

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

As announced by the county

Auction logistics

Title risk

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

As announced by the county

Auction logistics

Title risk

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Offices and records

Areas trending up

Notes