How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Reading, PA

Property tax bills and delinquencies in Reading (Berks County) are with the Berks County Assessment Office. In Reading the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.

Search a Reading property, $49

Step by step in Reading

1
Look up the tax account
Find the parcel in the Berks County Assessment Office records and its tax bill for the current and past years.
2
Check for delinquency
Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property and can lead to a tax sale; check whether any year is delinquent.

What Reading records show

The county's tax parcels name the owner of record, the situs address and the deed reference (book and page).

Federal and state tax liens, judgments and municipal liens are filed with the Prothonotary, not the Recorder of Deeds.

Reading property tax in numbers

The median owner-occupied home in Berks County pays $4,239 a year, an effective rate of 1.65%, ranked 3 of 67 in Pennsylvania. Berks County property tax rate.

Questions

What does a HeritageDeed search in Reading not cover?

Judgments and the tax and municipal liens filed with the Prothonotary are not searched.

Is this title insurance?

No. It is a search of the public record for one Reading property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.