Williamsport, Pennsylvania · Lycoming County
Yes. You can call us now about a Williamsport house with back taxes or liens.
Tell us what you know about the property and the notice in front of you. You can start the conversation before every record question has been answered.
Call 888-274-5006 to talk through the property.
Share the property address and whatever you have about the lien, back taxes, payoff, creditor, or tax-sale notice. The situation starts at Back taxes / Liens, and you can edit it before submitting.
Tell us the address and what you know about the lien, back taxes, payoff, or notice. We will start with the actual property.
Prefer to call? 888-274-5006.
We review the house as it stands and talk through the documents and details you have: a delinquent-tax notice, lien notice, creditor contact, parcel record, payoff statement, or closing question. We can explain the sale conversation in plain language while the responsible offices, lienholders, and title company confirm the parts that belong to them.
You don't need to pay off your back taxes before we settle. We buy houses with back taxes and liens — payoffs get handled through the closing, not by you upfront.
The Lycoming County Tax Assessment Office handles assessment and valuation records, and its property database provides parcel records. The Tax Claim Bureau collects delinquent real-estate taxes turned over by county tax collectors and school districts. A valuation or parcel record is not a delinquent-tax payoff, so send the tax question to Tax Claim rather than Assessment.
Lycoming County Tax Claim administers upset sales for delinquent real-estate taxes. A property not sold at an upset sale can move into a later, separately court-ordered judicial sale. That tax-sale track is different from a mortgage-foreclosure Sheriff sale. Use the current county pages for dates and status; do not rely on a copied sale date.
The notice and the office named in it matter. Call the Lycoming County Tax Claim Bureau with the actual parcel and notice to ask about the current tax account, payoff, sale status, and next step. For a mortgage-foreclosure notice, use the current Lycoming County Sheriff's Real Estate Division information instead.
Read the current Lycoming County upset and judicial tax-sale information →
We can set it up so you don't prepay anything — it comes out at closing.
That does not mean every lien disappears or that the sale proceeds will cover every payoff. Current balances, lien priority, required releases, and settlement treatment have to be confirmed through the lienholder or tax office, the title review, and written closing terms. A record search alone does not establish clear title.
Think the payoff is more than the house is worth? Ask us — we've gotten lenders to come down before.
That is an invitation to talk, not a promise that a lender or other lienholder will change its demand. The current payoff, lien priority, release terms, and written sale terms still control what can happen at closing.
Contact comes first. The details below show how the property conversation, written terms, title review, payoff checks, and settlement fit together; they are not a list of conditions before you call.
Share the Williamsport address, parcel number if you have it, the notice or document, the tax office or lienholder named, the amount you have seen, and the timing that concerns you. Start with what you know; you do not have to solve the payoff before calling.
We discuss the house as it stands and the lien or tax information you have. Written offer and written terms before you commit; title-company closing.
Read the proposed price, timing, payoff treatment, and other terms before deciding whether the comparison fits your situation.
The title company reviews ownership and recorded claims for the specific transaction. Each lienholder or responsible tax office provides current payoff or release information, and the closing professionals address priority, authority, taxes, and other items that affect the settlement. A county record search is a starting point, not a complete title determination.
The settlement statement shows the sale price, payoffs, taxes, transfer taxes, fees, and the amount left after the listed items. You review the figures with the closing team, and the title company confirms the final numbers. Closing follows the title-company process only after the authority, title, payoff, release, and written-term questions are addressed.
Use the office that matches the question and the property's actual municipality. Williamsport City, South Williamsport Borough, Loyalsock Township, and Old Lycoming Township are separate municipalities, so a Williamsport mailing address does not decide which local office handles the property. The county's Greater Williamsport planning material distinguishes those places.
This office collects delinquent real-estate taxes turned over by county tax collectors and school districts. Call 570-327-2301 with the actual parcel to ask about the current tax account, payoff, notices, or collection status. Use its upset and judicial tax-sale page for current sale information and changing dates.
Use this office for assessment and valuation records. Its property database provides parcel records, and the office can help verify an exact assessment record. Assessment is not the office that collects delinquent taxes. Phone: 570-327-2301.
The Recorder records and preserves real-estate documents, and the county directs online land-record searches to IQS. Use this office for recorded-deed and instrument information, but remember that a public record search alone is not a complete title determination. Recorder phone: 570-327-2261.
Use this current county page for mortgage-foreclosure Sheriff-sale information. The county says real-estate Sheriff sales occur online through RealForeclose, with bidder registration before sale. Dates and procedures can change, so compare the live page with the notice and lender or court information.
Delinquent real-estate taxes, lien payoffs, and Pennsylvania realty transfer tax are different settlement items. Pennsylvania Revenue describes a 1% state realty transfer tax on a taxable transfer plus an applicable local share; exemptions and transaction treatment vary. Ask the title company to show the actual applicable figures on the settlement statement rather than assuming a Williamsport total.
Use the calculator for planning with your own sale price or written terms, mortgage payoff, lien or tax assumptions, repairs, cleanout, holding costs, and selling costs. Its result is an editable comparison, not a property-specific appraisal or offer.
Read Pennsylvania Department of Revenue realty-transfer-tax guidance →
You don't need to pay off your back taxes before we settle. We buy houses with back taxes and liens — payoffs get handled through the closing, not by you upfront. The title company still needs current written payoff or release information, and the written terms must address the actual property and closing details. A lien is not automatically erased, and sale proceeds do not automatically cover every obligation.
The Lycoming County Tax Claim Bureau collects delinquent real-estate taxes turned over by county tax collectors and school districts. Use its current delinquent-tax and tax-sale pages for the parcel, amount, notices, and sale status rather than relying on a general property-record search.
The Lycoming County Tax Assessment Office handles assessment and valuation records, and its property database provides parcel records. The Tax Claim Bureau handles delinquent real-estate tax collection and tax-sale administration. Assessment is not the office to use for a delinquent-tax payoff.
No. Tax Claim administers upset sales for delinquent real-estate taxes, with later judicial sales for properties not sold at upset sale. That is separate from a mortgage-foreclosure sale handled through the Lycoming County Sheriff's Real Estate Division. Check the current county page and the notice for the process that applies.
No. The Recorder of Deeds provides recorded-document information, and the county property database provides parcel records, but a record search alone does not determine clear title. The title company reviews ownership, recorded claims, payoff instructions, priority, releases, and other requirements for the specific transaction.
The closing may need a release, another agreement, additional funds, or different written terms, and the transaction may not close on the first proposal. The current lienholder or tax office and the title company must confirm the balance, priority, release path, and settlement treatment. No short-pay or release result is promised in advance.
Start with the property address and whatever you have: parcel number, tax notice, lien notice, creditor or tax-office contact, payoff statement, sale notice, or timing concern. You do not need to know every answer before starting the conversation; current figures and release requirements are confirmed through the responsible office and title review.
Use the form above with Back taxes / Liens selected, or call 888-274-5006. Start with the Williamsport address and the notice or payoff information you have.