What is the tax-deed redemption period in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania?

Pennsylvania has NO general post-sale right of redemption for upset or judicial tax sales under 72 P.S. §5860. The owner can pay the delinquency to stop the sale pre-sale; after the sale there is no statewide redemption window. The buyer's real risk is which liens SURVIVE the sale.

Do liens survive a Allegheny County tax sale?

At an UPSET sale the buyer takes the property SUBJECT to unsatisfied liens (they survive). At a JUDICIAL "free and clear" sale a court decree divests most pre-sale liens. Confirm the sale type and named lienholders before bidding.

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Allegheny County Tax-Deed Redemption Period & Surviving Liens

No post-sale redemptionPennsylvania has no general right of redemption after an upset or judicial tax sale (72 P.S. §5860). Your real exposure is which liens survive — and that's what title research costs $150–500/parcel to answer. We compute it from public records.

How redemption actually works in PA

Upset sale: Buyer takes the property subject to all unsatisfied liens — surviving liens are your load. Title is NOT clear.
Judicial ("free & clear") sale: A court decree divests most pre-sale liens; you take clear of the divested ones. Un-served lienholders can still survive.
Redemption: The owner can pay the delinquency to stop the sale before it happens; PA provides no general statewide post-sale redemption window for these sales.

Statute: 72 P.S. §5860 (PA Real Estate Tax Sale Law). Mechanism only — not a title opinion. Confirm sale type + named lienholders with the county / counsel before bidding.

Live surviving-lien bundles in Allegheny County

Real Allegheny County parcels carrying multiple unsatisfied tax liens, ranked by surviving total — a tax-deed investor's prospecting + title-research shortlist:

PIN	Municipality	Liens	Surviving total	Tax years
0138•••	Brentwood Boro	11	$844,609.05	2020–2025
0028•••	Pittsburgh	4	$733,113.04	1992–1995
0235•••	Swissvale Boro	36	$511,751.05	2002–2024
0137•••	Brentwood Boro	13	$507,129.36	2019–2025
0176•••	Wilkinsburg Boro	14	$478,874.65	2007–2023
0248•••	Brentwood Boro	10	$372,976.38	2021–2025
0697•••	Moon Township	5	$329,570.36	2020–2024

Pull a full per-parcel surviving-lien report → Agents: x402 lien_bundle_report ($0.50/parcel) →

Per-parcel report — what you get

For any Allegheny County PIN: every unsatisfied County / School / Municipal tax lien bundled into one surviving-lien stack with a per-taxing-body split and total, the tax-year span (a long tail signals a likely judicial sale), and the PA statutory redemption posture for that sale type. $0.50 per parcel via x402 (keyless USDC on Base) or a cheap self-serve sub — vs. $150–500 for manual title research.

Verified 2026-06-22 against the live Allegheny County, PA tax-lien register. Live surviving-lien bundles from the Allegheny County tax-lien register (1.5M+ unsatisfied liens; real multi-lien PINs). Redemption clock is STATUTORY (72 P.S. §5860). Live sheriff/tax-sale CALENDAR is an honest null here (WPRDC's sheriff-sale feed is archival) — confirm at the county.

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