(a) Where the owner of any residential or commercial real property that is located in a county of the second class A and subject to a claim owed to the county pursuant to the act of May 16, 1923 (P.L. 207, No. 153),¹ referred to as the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law, derives any rental income from that property, the county treasurer shall notify the property owner in writing of the property owner's duty to remit that rental income to the office of the county treasurer. The rent remitted shall be applied to the amount of tax owed to the county, along with any interest or penalties due, until the claim is paid in full.

(b) The notice of the county treasurer shall include the amount of the claim on the property, including interest and penalties, and the date or dates the rental income is to be remitted. If, after fifteen days of the date or dates specified in the notice, the property owner fails to remit the rental income, the county may immediately begin the judicial sale process provided for in the Municipal Claim and Tax Lien Law.