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Yes. The city's Code Enforcement Department does a Buyer Notification Inspection, and it won't schedule one until it has the request form and payment: $90 per residential unit. A Not-Approved rating stops the transfer until the violations are fixed, although the inspector may accept a written agreement that sets a firm deadline for the repairs. Closing agents may ask for the inspection report before settlement.

Wilkes-Barre licenses rentals through its Health Department: $100 per building for the license and $100 per unit for the inspection, due every two years and again whenever a new tenant moves in. Skipping it can bring a $1,000 fine. If you sell a rental, the city's inspection request form also asks for your tenants' names and phone numbers. We buy rentals as-is.

It might. The Luzerne County Flood Protection Authority bills a yearly levee fee to buildings in the area the 1972 Agnes flood covered. As of September 2026, homes pay $63.43 or $126.87 a year, depending on the assessed value of the buildings, and the 2026 bills were due June 1. Check that it's paid before closing, because the Authority hands unpaid fees to a collection law firm.

As of September 2026, the realty transfer tax on a sale in Wilkes-Barre is 3.5% in total: 1% state + 2% City of Wilkes-Barre + 0.5% Wilkes-Barre Area School District.

The Luzerne County Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphans' Court handles probate when the owner lived in Luzerne County, which includes Wilkes-Barre. Pennsylvania law places probate in the county where the owner last lived, so if the owner lived in another Pennsylvania county, that county's Register of Wills handles it instead. If the owner lived outside Pennsylvania, the will can be probated in any Pennsylvania county where they owned property, including the county this home is in.