Carbon County, Pennsylvania

Sep 23, 2026 · 8 days ago· 10:00 AM

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

215

215 land-only, 185 withdrawn hidden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: buyer generally takes subject to mortgages and many private liens. Judicial Sale: most private liens can be cut off if parties are properly noticed. Federal tax liens and some municipal claims can survive. Full title search mandatory before bid.

Carbon 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: 65,743 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person (Tax Claim Bureau Upset / Judicial / Repository auctions)
Frequency: Annual Upset (typically September class statewide); Judicial and Repository on published schedules — confirm current year dates with Bureau
Platform: Carbon County Tax Claim Bureau — Upset / Judicial / Repository Sales570-325-3635
Deposit rules: Pre-register per Tax Claim Bureau packet and Act 33 bidder-affidavit rules before sale day. Payment is typically cash or certified funds the day of sale for the winning bid; confirm exact terms in the current Upset/Judicial Q&A PDFs on the Bureau site. Sold AS IS — Upset buyers take subject to many existing liens.

Title risk

Often required for title insurance after Upset; Judicial deed is stronger but insurers may still want quiet title or extended review.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Carbon County Tax Claim Bureau570-325-3635
Clerk of court: Carbon County Prothonotary / Recorder of Deeds
Property appraiser: Carbon County Assessment / parcel research
GIS / parcel map: Carbon County GIS / assessment parcel resources

Areas trending up

Jim Thorpe / Lehigh Gorge tourism core — County-seat tourism and second-home demand with stronger SF turnover than outer townships
Lehighton–Weissport / US-209 corridor — Local retail and workforce housing with highway access toward Allentown
Palmerton–Bowmanstown / Blue Mountain fringe — Entry-priced SF; underwrite environmental legacy and flood risk carefully

Notes

Pennsylvania tax-deed county under the Real Estate Tax Sale Law (RETSL). Carbon County Tax Claim Bureau (Jim Thorpe) runs Upset Sale, Judicial Sale, and Repository Sale tracks — not lien certificates. Upset is the first offering after ~2 years delinquency; mortgages and many private liens typically survive Upset. Judicial Sale (historically following-year November class) is designed to sell free and clear of most private liens when notice is proper. No post-Upset statutory owner redemption; objections to confirmation nisi run on a short court clock. Contact Tax Claim Bureau 570-325-3635 / carbontaxclaim@carboncounty.net. Poconos / Jim Thorpe–Lehighton–Palmerton market — HOA/POA, septic, and flood DD essential.

3 sources

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

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 215 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 215 land-only, 185 withdrawn. 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.