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§ 6136. Form of treasurer's deed

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 72 P.S. Taxation and Fiscal Affairs
Chapter 4. Local Taxation (Refs & Annos)
Sale of Lands for Taxes
Purchase by County Commissioners (Refs & Annos)
Unseated Lands (Refs & Annos)
72 P.S. § 6136
§ 6136. Form of treasurer's deed
The form of the deed required by this act to be executed by the treasurer to the commissioners, may be in the following words, viz.: Whereas, a tract of unseated land containing ______ acres, situate ______ township, in the county of ______ surveyed to ______ hath been rated and assessed with divers taxes, to wit, county taxes ______ dollars, and road taxes ______ dollars, which remain unpaid, and the treasurer having offered the same for sale, agreeably to law, and no person bidding therefor a sum equal to the amount of taxes due, and the costs of advertising and sale, it therefore became the duty of the commissioners to buy the same, which they have accordingly done on the ______ day of ______ last past, for the sum of ______ dollars. Now, this indenture witnesseth, that I, ______ treasurer of said county, do, for and in consideration of the said sum, grant, bargain and sell the said tract of land to ______ commissioners of said county, to hold to them and their successors in office forever, subject to the redemption allowed by law. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the ______ day of ______
Sealed and delivered in the presence of ______
(SEAL)
Acknowledged by the grantor before ______ one of the justices of the peace of the county of ______
Witness the hand and seal of said justice, the ______ day of ______
(SEAL)
All which sales to the commissioners shall be entered by their clerk in their book of minutes, as well any redemption which may happen and sales by them after the right to redeem is passed over.

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1815, March 13, P.L. 177, 6 Sm.L. 299, § 9.
72 P.S. § 6136, PA ST 72 P.S. § 6136
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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