Tax Claim

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.

****NOTE: Beginning with 2025 tax year, delinquent school taxes for Central Cambria School district will be collected by Portnoff Law Associates. Therefore, for information regarding delinquent school real estate taxes for properties in Cambria Township, Ebensburg Borough and Jackson Township, please contact Portnoff Law Associates at (866) 211-9466.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

The Upset Tax Sale will be continued to October 1, 2026. We will continue with the remaining five districts (87-91) and also reoffer all properties unsold on September 14, or that were not paid for by the winning bidder. NO additional Bidders will be registered for the Continuance.

The Judicial Tax Sale will be held on Monday, October 12, 2026 (yes, it’s Columbus Day & yes, we are open) at 10:00am in Courtroom #1. Bidder registration will be from September 21, 2026 through October 2, 2026, in person, in the Tax Claim Office between the hours of 9am and 4pm, Monday through Friday. The List of properties can be found below. Please note: anyone bidding as an LLC MUST have a fully executed copy of their Operating Agreement at the time they register. We will not accept any LLC bidder registrations without an Operating Agreement. We will not accept operating agreements emailed to us during registration. BRING A COPY WITH YOU. Bidder registration forms can be found below.

The deadline to bid properties into the March 2027 Private Tax Sale auction is December 18, 2026, unless we reach 50 properties ahead of that date. Once 50 properties are reached, all bids will be for the next Private Tax Sale auction, to be scheduled at a later time in 2027.

The deadline to request properties for the Fall 2027 Judicial Tax Sale auction is also December 18, 2026, unless we reach 50 properties ahead of that date. The maximum number for the Judicial Sale is also 50 properties.

Beginning April 1, 2025, a $250.00 fee will be added to the costs for all properties sold at any Tax Sale (Upset, Judicial, Private or Repository) pursuant to Cambria County Ordinance #5 of 2024. A copy of the Ordinance may be found below.

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.