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§ 3708. Registration of ownership of property

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 16 P.S. Counties

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 16 P.S. Counties (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 2. Second Class County Code (Refs & Annos)
Article VII. Lot and Block System
16 P.S. § 3708
§ 3708. Registration of ownership of property
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(a) All persons, corporations, municipal corporations, authorities, districts or political subdivisions, hereafter acquiring any interest in real estate, whether by purchase, gift, devise, inheritance, order of court, treasurer's sale, sheriff's sale, judicial sale, eminent domain or otherwise, shall register in the office of the county commissioners their deeds, resolutions, orders of court or other evidence of title, so that the same may be endorsed in accordance with the act of May 2, 1899 (P.L. 162).1
(b) No real estate so registered shall be subject to sale for taxes or other municipal claims, except in the name of the owner as registered in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(c) All persons, corporations, municipal corporations, authorities, districts or political subdivisions, heretofore acquiring any interest in real estate, may register their real estate in accordance with the provisions of this section.

Credits

1953, July 28, P.L. 723, art. VII, § 708, added 1959, Oct. 22, P.L. 1358, § 1.

Footnotes

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21 P.S. § 321 et seq.
16 P.S. § 3708, PA ST 16 P.S. § 3708
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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