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Pennsylvania Statutes Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs § 5860.502-A. Application

Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

In order to register for a scheduled upset sale or judicial sale, the person must submit an application that includes the following information:

(1) If the applicant is an individual, the individual's name, residential address and phone number.

(2) If the applicant is not an individual, the applicant's name, including the name of all officers, business address and phone number.

(3) If the applicant is a limited liability company, the names, business addresses and phone numbers of all members, managers and any other persons with any ownership interest or right in the limited liability company.

(4) An affidavit stating that the applicant:

(i) is not delinquent in paying real estate taxes to any taxing district in this Commonwealth and that the applicant has no municipal utility bills, as defined in section 619.1(b),  1 that are not more than one year outstanding anywhere in this Commonwealth;

(ii) is not bidding for or acting as an agent for a person who is barred from participating in the sale under section 601(d);  2

(iii) has not, within the three years preceding the filing of the application, engaged in a course of conduct or permitted an uncorrected housing code violation, as defined in section 619(e),  3 to continue unabated after being convicted of an uncorrected housing code violation, as defined in section 619(e), and has not either:

(A) failed to maintain property owned by the applicant in a reasonable manner such that the property posed a threat to health, safety or property;  or

(B) permitted the use of property in an unsafe, illegal or unsanitary manner such that the property posed a threat to health, safety or property;  and

(iv) understands that an applicant who signs a bidder registration application knowing that it contains a false statement and who causes it to be filed with the bureau shall be subject to prosecution for the commission of a misdemeanor of the second degree in violation of 18 Pa.C.S. § 4904(a) (relating to unsworn falsification to authorities).

(5) If the applicant is not an individual, documentation that the signer has the authority to act on behalf of the applicant, and the individual appearing in person to register, as required under section 501-A(a),  4 is the signer of the application or otherwise authorized to act on behalf of the applicant.

1  72 P.S. § 5860.619a.
2  72 P.S. § 5860.601.
3  72 P.S. § 5860.619.
4  72 P.S. § 5860.501-A.
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