Forest City Borough · Susquehanna County · Pennsylvania
Forest City Borough is in Susquehanna County, along PA Route 171 near the Lackawanna and Wayne County lines. These resources show which local office handles property assessments, unpaid taxes, deed recording, probate intake, parcel maps, and Borough rental requirements.
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These contacts separate assessed values, delinquent taxes, deed recording, probate intake, parcel maps, and Borough rental questions.
Useful offices
Forest City Borough · general municipal contact
Use this office for general Borough questions. The Borough directory also lists separate Tax Collector and code-enforcement contacts.
535 Main Street, Forest City, PA 18421 · (570) 785-3326.
Borough of Forest City contact directory ↗Susquehanna County · assessment records and tax-collector routing
This office handles assessed values and assessment records. Contact the Tax Claim Bureau about delinquent real-estate taxes.
County Courthouse, 31 Lake Avenue, Montrose, PA 18801 · (570) 278-4600, extension 4001.
Susquehanna County Assessment Office ↗Susquehanna County · delinquent real-estate taxes and tax-sale questions
Contact the Bureau about delinquent real-estate taxes, tax-sale notices, and tax-sale questions.
County Courthouse, 31 Lake Avenue, Montrose, PA 18801 · (570) 278-4600, extension 4080.
Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau ↗Susquehanna County · deed recording and local probate intake
This office records deeds and other documents and handles local probate intake through the Register of Wills. The County asks for appointments for probate.
County Courthouse, 31 Lake Avenue, Montrose, PA 18801 · (570) 278-4600, extensions 4065, 4066, or 4067.
Susquehanna County Register & Recorder ↗Susquehanna County · public parcel and address maps
Use the County’s public maps to orient an address or parcel.
County Courthouse, 31 Lake Avenue, Montrose, PA 18801 · (570) 278-5916.
Susquehanna County GIS & Mapping ↗Helpful local rule
The Borough says residential rentals need occupancy permits and describes inspections when a rental building changes ownership or tenancy. These are rental rules, not an inspection requirement for every home sale. If a Borough notice affects your sale, call the Borough Office at (570) 785-3326; we can talk through what it means for the house.
Forest City Borough permits and rental information ↗Selling situations
Find estate-record and sale questions for a house you inherited.
Open the Forest City page →Review next steps when a mortgage notice or sale date is involved.
Open the Forest City page →Review property-sale questions when a divorce affects the house.
Open the Forest City page →Consider the lease, occupancy, access, and sale questions for a rented home.
Open the Forest City page →Find the next questions to ask when a Borough notice or repair issue affects the property.
Open the Forest City page →Review sale options and information to gather after a house fire.
Open the Forest City page →Separate tax notices, recorded documents, and title questions about the property.
Open the Forest City page →Read or compare
Use the report, guide, articles, calculator, and process overview to compare a direct sale with other routes and think through the property-specific questions.
Open the local report for Forest City market context and its source notes.
Read the Forest City guide to compare sale options and questions to consider.
Compare the available ways to sell an as-is house in Forest City.
Forest City, PA Home Sale Net Proceeds Calculator
CalculatorCompare what you would keep from listing your house or selling as-is for cash. Change the repair costs, cleanout, monthly bills and closing costs to fit your house.
Browse the local article hub for practical home-selling topics.
Review the steps from property details through written terms and title-company closing.
Contact
Share the property address and the question you are trying to sort out. You can also call 888-274-5006.
Share the address and the property question you want to discuss.
Call the Susquehanna County Assessment Office at (570) 278-4600, extension 4001, for assessment records and assessed-value questions. For delinquent real-estate taxes, contact the Tax Claim Bureau instead.
Contact the Susquehanna County Tax Claim Bureau at (570) 278-4600, extension 4080. The Assessment Office handles assessment records; it is not the tax-balance office.
The Susquehanna County Register & Recorder handles deed and other document recording. Its Register of Wills function is the local probate intake contact; the County asks for appointments for probate. Call (570) 278-4600, extensions 4065, 4066, or 4067.
The Borough permits page describes occupancy permits and inspections for residential rentals, including when a rental building changes ownership or tenancy. It does not say every house sale needs a Borough inspection. If the property is a rental or you have a Borough notice, call (570) 785-3326 and ask what currently applies to that address.