How to check title before buying at a Philadelphia, PA sheriff sale
Before bidding at the Philadelphia (Philadelphia County) sheriff sale, search the Philadelphia Department of Records for mortgages, liens and lis pendens on the property: the sale list says what the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office is selling, not what is recorded against it. A HeritageDeed report does this for one address in Philadelphia: $49, usually within minutes, with the source of every finding.
Search a Philadelphia property, $49
Step by step in Philadelphia
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Find the property on the list
The Philadelphia Sheriff's Office publishes the sheriff sale auction search (mortgage foreclosures and tax sales) with each property's sale date and current bid.
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Search what is recorded
Search the Philadelphia Department of Records for mortgages, liens and lis pendens against the property and its owner.
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Know what survives the sale
Check which liens the sale clears and which stay with the property.
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Or order the report
A HeritageDeed report runs these searches for one Philadelphia address and lists every finding with its source, $49, usually within minutes.
What Philadelphia records show
Philadelphia's real estate documents are recorded by the city's Department of Records, whose records cover deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and sheriff's deeds.
A sheriff's deed records a property sold at a sheriff's sale, usually after a mortgage foreclosure or for unpaid taxes.
Philadelphia properties on the list now
1,702 properties with a street address are on the sheriff sale auction search (mortgage foreclosures and tax sales) for upcoming sales, the next on Nov 3, 2026. Each has its own page with the sale facts and a title check:
- 5322 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19143Nov 3, 2026
- 2044 North 25th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19121Nov 3, 2026
- 5917 Mascher Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120Nov 3, 2026
- 2121 East Monmouth Street, Philadelphia, PA 19134Nov 3, 2026
- 339 East Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19120Nov 3, 2026
- 125 North 50th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19139Nov 3, 2026
- 1703 Poplar Street, Philadelphia, PA 19130Nov 3, 2026
- 3638 Sears Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146Nov 3, 2026
The whole list: Philadelphia sheriff sale auction search (mortgage foreclosures and tax sales).
What the report checks in Philadelphia
- Deeds, mortgages, satisfactions and sheriff's deeds recorded with the Department of Records
Not covered here
- Satisfactions in Philadelphia are not cross-referenced to the mortgage they release, so the report says when a pairing is uncertain.
Questions
What does a HeritageDeed search in Philadelphia not cover?
Satisfactions in Philadelphia are not cross-referenced to the mortgage they release, so the report says when a pairing is uncertain.
Is this title insurance?
No. It is a search of the public record for one Philadelphia property. A lender closing a loan will still require a title insurance commitment from a licensed insurer.
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