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(A SEPARATE ELECTRICAL PERMIT IS REQUIRED)"}],"storyTag":"Improved","storyDelta":null,"timeline":[{"y":2010,"k":"permit","w":"Alteration"},{"y":2012,"k":"permit","w":"Major alteration"},{"y":2017,"k":"permit","w":"Electrical"},{"y":2020,"k":"sale","p":808500},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Addition and/or Alteration"},{"y":2021,"k":"permit","w":"Solar Panels and Structure"},{"y":2023,"k":"permit","w":"Solar Panels and Structure"},{"y":2023,"k":"viol","w":"L&I violation"},{"y":2023,"k":"insp","w":"L&I: 2 failed, 1 passed"}],"rented":false,"licenses":[{"number":"567163","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","status":"Inactive","businessName":"JOHN MCCARTHY (SEABURY JAIMEE A.)","legalName":"JOHN MCCARTHY","address":"2349 SAINT ALBANS ST","revenueCode":"3219","rentalCategory":null,"units":null,"issuedDate":"2012-06-19","latestIssueDate":"2012-06-19","expirationDate":"2013-02-28","inactiveDate":null}],"licenseActivity":[{"number":"567163","type":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot","businessName":"JOHN MCCARTHY (SEABURY JAIMEE A.)","legalName":"JOHN MCCARTHY","issuedDate":"2012-06-19","latestIssueDate":"2012-06-19","closureDate":"2013-02-28","expirationDate":"2013-02-28","inactiveDate":null,"status":"Inactive","statusLabel":"Inactive","active":false}],"businessLicenseSourceDate":"2026-07-23","signals":[],"legalChecks":[{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"2 permits not marked completed: 769277 (ABANDONED), GP-2021-007825 (Expired). 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CLOSED is a separate source status; none of the three alone proves the parent permit or violation case closed—or describes today’s condition.","action":"Open the parent case/permit for each material failure and confirm its later disposition.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"business-license","level":"verify","title":"A historical business license is not current operating authority","finding":"Vacant Residential Property / Lot #567163: Inactive","why":"A license record proves the licensed activity existed at that time. 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The City says a deed change can require a new application or update.","action":"A buyer should apply in their own name and not assume the seller’s benefit continues.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/documents/homestead-exemption-application/"},{"id":"violations","level":"clear","title":"No open violation; closed history remains relevant","finding":"The fetched record shows 0 open and 1 historical violation across 1 case.","why":"A closed case is materially better than an open one, but it does not by itself prove that every altered use, unit, or concealed condition matches today’s approvals.","action":"Use the closed cases to target the inspection and occupancy-file review.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections/violation-and-order-types/"}],"closingChecks":[{"title":"Property Sales Certification","body":"The seller must obtain Philadelphia’s certificate showing the base zoning, last use in the zoning record, and open violations. The City warns that it does not prove Building Code occupancy or show zoning overlays.","action":"Obtain the fresh certificate and compare it with the CO, permits, and Atlas overlays.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-property-sales-certification/"},{"title":"Date-effective City Property Payoff","body":"The Tax Center Property Payoff covers Real Estate Tax, Commercial Trash, and L&I abatement-work invoices. Philadelphia says it does not include business-tax debts or liens, water and sewer charges, or fines for code violations.","action":"Request the City statement effective through settlement; read every period and invoice.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/guides/philadelphia-tax-center/what-to-do/"},{"title":"Professional title and water-lien searches","body":"OPA ownership, deed summaries, and a zero tax balance are not clear title. Mortgages, judgments, municipal claims, water liens, easements, heirs, and other encumbrances require separate searches.","action":"Use a Pennsylvania lawyer/title company and obtain owner’s title insurance; order the separate water search/payoff.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/2026-04-07-why-title-insurance-is-your-best-friend-when-buying-a-home-in-philadelphia/","secondaryUrl":"https://www.phila.gov/services/water-gas-utilities/pay-or-dispute-a-water-bill/resolve-water-liens-judgments/"},{"title":"Seller-specific tax relief is not the buyer’s bill","body":"LOOP and low-income or senior Real Estate Tax freezes depend on the qualifying owner and continued program eligibility; a buyer cannot assume the seller’s capped or frozen bill continues. 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