Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 1172. Method of acquiring title in fee

The proper authorities of such municipality are authorized and empowered, by ordinance or resolution, to declare its intention to acquire a fee simple title in such real estate, which ordinance or resolution shall indicate such real estate with reasonable accuracy.  Upon the adoption of passage of such ordinance or resolution, it shall be advertised once in two newspapers of general circulation and in the legal periodical within the county wherein the real estate is situated.  Such advertisement shall include a brief description of the real estate, the manner and date or approximate date of original acquisition, if known, and the name or names of the owner or owners of such real estate at the time of its original acquisition for municipal purposes, if known.  Upon the completion of such advertisement, a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution and proofs of publication shall be lodged for record in the office of the recorder of deeds in and for the county in which the real estate is situated, and the title of the municipality in and to such real estate shall thereupon become an absolute title in fee simple.