Adams County, Pennsylvania

Sep 25, 2026 · 6 days ago

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

61 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Upset sale: property typically remains subject to many liens. Judicial sale: designed to free the property of most liens. Federal tax liens can survive either path. Always identify which sale type applies to the parcel on the combined list.

Adams 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: 107,914 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person
Frequency: Annually — 2026 sale scheduled September 25, 2026, 9:00 AM
Platform: Adams County Tax Services — combined Upset & Judicial Sale
Deposit rules: Bidder registration and deposit rules set by Tax Claim Bureau for the sale packet — often percentage deposit with short balance deadline. Obtain Bidder Conditions of Sale and any application fee before the combined Upset/Judicial date. Certified funds practice typical; confirm exact 2026 terms with Tax Services.

Title risk

Judicial sale judgments often support marketable title; upset-sale purchasers frequently need a later judicial sale or quiet title to clear liens.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Adams County Tax Services (Tax Claim Bureau)
Clerk of court: Adams County Prothonotary / Recorder of Deeds
Property appraiser: Adams County Assessment / Tax Assessment Office
GIS / parcel map: Adams County GIS / Assessment parcel resources

Areas trending up

Gettysburg borough / tourism-hospital edge — Tourism, education, and hospital employment supporting rental and small multifamily demand
Hanover / York County line retail corridor — Cross-county retail and logistics jobs with more liquid SF than rural townships
Conewago / New Oxford I-83 fringe — Commuter demand toward York/Harrisburg with relative entry pricing

Notes

Pennsylvania Real Estate Tax Sale Law county. Adams County Tax Services (Tax Claim Bureau) runs a combined Upset & Judicial sale rather than separate events. 2026 sale scheduled September 25, 2026, 9:00 AM. Bureau states it offers no warranty or guarantee whatsoever on properties sold — buyer-beware posture. Upset-sale purchasers often take subject to liens; judicial sale is designed to free most liens — confirm which parcels are on which path for the combined date. Gettysburg / Hanover edge of Harrisburg–York–Baltimore corridors.

1 source

adamscountypa.gov/departments/taxservices

Inherited from Pennsylvania rather than researched for Adams: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 61 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 61 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.