Yes, please contact our office for options.

NO. There is no redemption period.

YES. Please see the County website for more information.

The sale list is advertised in The Gettysburg Times, The Hanover Evening Sun and the Adams County Legal Journal.  The ad usually runs the last Friday in July.  You may also view the list on the County web site or you may purchase the list over the counter at a cost of $.25 per page.

NO, you will receive a deed to the property.

The property must be paid in full at the time the property is struck down.  This includes your bid price plus transfer fees, recording fees and any other costs not included in the minimum bid.  The first $100.00 of each Upset Sale property or $50.00 of each Judicial Sale property purchased must be paid in cash.  The balance can be paid by check or any other satisfactory form of payment, sorry no credit or debit cards.

Cash, Money Order, Personal Check. (If your property is listed for sale cash or certified check ONLY will be accepted) Checks and Money Orders should be made out to Adams County Tax Claim Bureau. Mastercard and Visa credit and debt cards are accepted. 

Sale of property (real estate) for the purpose of collecting delinquent real estate taxes.  There is a minimum bid that must be met for the property to be sold.  This bid consists of all delinquent real estate taxes, current real estate tax and costs incurred up to the date of the sale.  This is not a free and clear sale.  Purchasers who buy property at an upset sale will assume any liens, judgments and/or mortgages etc.  These are not collected at sale.  It is your responsibility to do the research.

Properties that do not receive the minimum bid at upset sale will be held for another year.  The Courts will be petitioned to sell the properties free and clear of liens, judgments and/or mortgages etc.  The starting minimum sale price (except for purchase by the County) shall be all costs incurred by the Adams County Tax Claim Bureau including costs set forth in the Upset Price at the prior sale and additional costs associated with the property incurred relative to this sale, including the fee for title search, as of the sale date.

Any property that has been through both the upset and judicial sales is placed on the repository list.  Interested persons may place a written bid for these properties through out the year.