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Read. Follow. Verify.Pennsylvania House Bill 626 requires code compliance notices for sheriff's sale property purchasers
Last action · February 20, 2025: Referred to HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Feb. 20, 2025Sponsors: Mary Isaacson and 10 others
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What This Bill Would Do
Pennsylvania requires the Department of Labor and Industry to create and update annual code compliance notices for county sheriffs to distribute to property purchasers. County sheriffs must provide these notices to purchasers, post them on their public websites, display them at sale locations, and make them available to prospective buyers. The requirements take effect in 120 days for the department, with sheriff distribution duties starting in 151 days.
Property buyers at sheriff sales receive direct guidance on local building codes, zoning rules, and municipal contacts before starting construction or renovations.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Department of Labor and Industry
The department must prepare, provide, and annually update code compliance notices for every county in the Commonwealth.
county sheriffs
Sheriffs must receive, post publicly, display at sales, and distribute code compliance notices to property purchasers.
purchasers of property at sheriff's sales
Purchasers receive code compliance notices containing municipal contact, permit, and zoning information.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
1 action- Feb 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, Feb. 20, 2025
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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