County tax-sale list drops to 543 properties one day before auction

Delaware County's September 22 upset-sale PDF ends at record 543. That is 234 fewer records than September 21 and 1,047 fewer than September 3. The auction is scheduled for September 24 at 10 a.m.

Scheduled for sale—not sold. The list can continue changing before the auction. The county has not published an itemized change history.

Delaware County Tax Claim Bureau; Delaware County Board of Elections.

Upset sale September 24, 2026 at 10 a.m.; Board of Elections met September 22.

No recorded vote.

• The September 22 list contains 543 records, compared with 777 on September 21 and 1,590 on September 3.
• The county's disclaimer says owner, court, government-agency or Tax Claim Bureau action may delete a listed property at any time.
• The county does not publish a record-by-record explanation for the removals.
• A 1-hour, 13-minute recording of the September 22 Board of Elections meeting is posted, but the public files contain only the agenda and notice—no minutes or motion-level outcome record.
• The election agenda had proposed mail-ballot contingencies, removal of the Lower Chichester drop box and polling-place changes in Aston, Darby Borough, Radnor, Springfield, Upper Darby and Yeadon.
• No newer county environmental-health warning is posted; the newest entries remain September 8 West Nile-positive mosquito samples, not human cases.

Nearly two-thirds of the September 3 tax-sale records have disappeared before the auction. The scale of the change is verified, but the public record does not explain individual removals or establish how many properties will ultimately be sold.

• How many removals resulted from payment, court intervention, agency action, administrative correction or another cause?
• What is the final list immediately before the auction, and how many properties are actually offered and sold?
• What motions and exact votes did the Board of Elections adopt on polling places, the Lower Chichester drop box and ballot-mailing contingencies?

• Important differences:

• Important differences:

The decline in scheduled properties is verified, but no reason is assigned to any individual removal without a county change log. No property is characterized as sold before the auction. Election proposals are not characterized as adopted without an authoritative outcome record.

• September 24 morning: preserve the final upset-sale list.
• September 24, 10 a.m.: verify the number of properties offered and sold.
• September 25: seek a category-level reconciliation of removals and verify Board of Elections outcomes.

• Delaware County upset-sale page
• September 22 upset-sale list
• Upset-sale procedures
• Board of Elections meeting media
• Board of Elections agenda
• County environmental-health alerts

None used. This report relies on official records only.

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