Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 5860.404. Powers of sequestrator

A sequestrator shall have power to retain possession of the property, as sequestrator, until all taxes owing to the several taxing districts shall have been collected or paid.  He shall have power (a) to lease the property for a period not exceeding one (1) year, with the usual privilege of renewal or termination thereof upon three (3) months' notice, (b) to make such repairs to the property as may be reasonably necessary to restore and maintain it in a tenantable condition, and to carry insurance on such property, (c) to advertise the property for rent, (d) to collect the costs of repairs, advertising and commissions of rental agents from rentals collected or from a redeeming owner, (e) to sell and dispose of growing crops, and (f) to appoint a licensed real estate broker or agent, as agent to collect the rentals of the property, and pay such agents the customary commissions for rent collections.  The bureau shall not, in any case, without prior approval of the county commissioners, incur any expense for the maintenance, repair or alteration of any property in excess of eighty per centum (80%) of the amount of rental to be received from such property within a period of one (1) year under a lease entered into at or before the time such expense is incurred.  All commissions, costs and necessary expenses shall be deducted from the rents collected before paying the net balance toward taxes.