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

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

Search a Lancaster County property, $49

Step by step in Lancaster County

1. 1

   Look up the tax account

   Find the parcel in the Lancaster County Property Assessment records and its tax bill for the current and past years.

2. 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.

3. 3

   Check the sale list

   See whether the property is on the Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, Real Estate Unit's sheriff's sales of real estate listing.

What Lancaster County records show

Lancaster County property tax in numbers

The median owner-occupied home in Lancaster County pays $3,975 a year, an effective rate of 1.32%, ranked 25 of 67 in Pennsylvania. Lancaster County property tax rate.

A real Lancaster County report

We ran this search on the Lancaster County Courthouse (50 N Duke St, Lancaster, PA 17602): 0 deeds, 0 open mortgages, 0 recorded liens. See the Lancaster County sample report.

What the report checks in Lancaster County

• Owner of record, situs address, municipality and assessed value from the county's tax parcel records

Not covered here

• Judgments and the tax and municipal liens filed with the Prothonotary are not searched.
• Loan amounts are not shown, and delinquent property taxes are not searched.

Questions

More about Lancaster County property records

• Find the owner
• Search deeds
• Check for a loan
• Title search cost
• Before the auction
• Lancaster County title search guide