Pennsylvania

For Pennsylvania, tax name is realty transfer tax; state rate is 1 percent on the value of real estate (including contracted-for improvements to property) transferred by deed, instrument, long-term lease or other writing; who pays is Both grantor and grantee are held jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax; local add-on is Pennsylvania realty transfer tax is collected, often along with an additional local realty transfer tax, by county Recorders of Deeds, verified against its source on 2026-08-31.

Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.

What the source says

Pennsylvania realty transfer tax is imposed at a rate of 1 percent on the value of real estate (including contracted-for improvements to property) transferred by deed, instrument, long-term lease or other writing. Both grantor and grantee are held jointly and severally liable for payment of the tax.

— revenue.pa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Where each value comes from

The value above is stated away from the sentence quoted with the answer, so the passage that states it is shown here too.

— all from revenue.pa.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31

Source

• revenue.pa.govhttps://www.revenue.pa.gov/TaxTypes/RTT/Pages/default.aspx

Last verified against source: 2026-08-31. Due for re-check by 2027-08-31. This page as Markdown · OKF bundle · full dataset as JSON.