Sheriff’s Sales Requirements
NOTICE: NOTICES FOR THE OCTOBER 26, 2023, SALE SHOULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING URL ON THE NOTICE OF SALE, AS THE FUTURE SHERIFF'S SALE WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY. https://www.bid4assets.com/armstrongpasheriffsales
Schedule for upcoming Sheriff Sales
Schedule for upcoming Sheriff Sales
Sheriff’s Sales Requirements
*Please be sure to include a direction sheet, containing: Attorney’s Name, Address, & Phone Number as well as directions of service or any specific instructions.*
Filing Requirements & Fees for Real Estate sales:
- Advance fee of $1,000.00, checks made payable to, “Armstrong County Sheriff.”
- One (1) Copy of the Writ of Execution (Mortgage Foreclosure or Money Judgement). The back of the Writ must contain the information in the following format;
Information and format required on back of Writ:
vs
Defendant: John and Judy Smith
Kittanning, PA 16201
(Mortgage Foreclosure) or (Money Judgement)
3. (1) Copy of the Notice of Sale per defendant.
4. (1) Copy of a complete Legal Description. The Legal Description MUST be exactly what is to recorded on the Deed. This should include a complete and current recital which clearly states the transfer from the prior owners to the current owners in default, along with any information regarding deceased, divorced, or otherwise divested owners if the listed on the mortgage are not all listed as defendants in the case. Please DO NOT send any legal descriptions. An emailed copy of legal description is REQUIRED and can be sent to:
**Please Note: The Deed will include the Township/Borough Number Before the Tax Map and Control Numbers.**
(Example: 21-120.00.71.06)
**PLEASE NOTE THAN AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE **
**THIS OFFICE DOES NOT MAIL OUT A COPY OF THE NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNLESS SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED BY THE PLAINTIFF. ALL MAILINGS MUST BE DONE BY THE PLAINTIFF. THIS INCLUDES ANY MAILINGS REQUIRED BY AN ORDER OF COURT.**AT IF WE ARE NOT SERVING THE DEFENDANT(S) WE REQUIRE
ALL SALES ARE HELD ON THE FOURTH THURSDAY OF THE MONTHS OF JANUARY, APRIL, JULY AND OCTOBER
ALL SALES BEGIN AT 11:00 A.M. AND WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY AT: https://www.bid4assets.com/armstrongpasheriffsales beginning OCTOBER 26, 2023.
Please submit the following:
2. One (1) copy of the prior recorded deed.
3. One (1) copy of the prior recorded Reality Transfer Tax Statement of Value Form
4. Two (2) copies of a new completed Reality Transfer Tax Statement of Value Forms with the following exemption box checked:
$30.00 Armstrong County Sheriff
$88.75 Recorder of Deeds, Armstrong County (If your original Deed was more than $86.75 then add $2.00 to the original cost.)
Phone: (724) 548-3277 Fax: (724) 548-3264
Phone: (724) 548-3265 email:
If unsure of any Corrective Deed Fees, Please contact the Sheriff’s Office or Registering and Recording Office.
1 This is Prothonotary’s standard fee for a Sheriff’s Deed
2. This is the Sheriff’s standard fee to execute and acknowledge a Sheriff’s
Deed, set by the Sheriff Fee Act
3. The Recorder’s fee for a standard five-page Sheriff’s Deed is $86.75. There
is an additional $2.00 fee for Corrective Deeds. The Recorder’s fee may be
higher if you have a legal description of more than one page, or with more
than one parcel or more than four names listed.