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FOR USE AS A (1) NON-ACCESSORY PARKING SPACE AT THE GROUND FLOOR AND TWO (2) DWELLING UNITS (HOUSEHOLD ","status":"In Process","outcome":"Complete","date":"2020-10-08","number":"39899","relatedPermit":"1037596"}],"taxYears":[],"taxNet":0,"taxLien":false,"taxLedgerThrough":2016,"taxLedgerAvailable":true,"timesSold":1,"abated":false,"assessmentExemption":false,"exemptionBasisVerified":false,"valueSeries":[{"y":2016,"v":23000,"taxable":23000,"land":2600,"improvement":20400,"taxableLand":2600,"taxableImprovement":20400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2017,"v":23000,"taxable":23000,"land":2600,"improvement":20400,"taxableLand":2600,"taxableImprovement":20400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2018,"v":23000,"taxable":23000,"land":2600,"improvement":20400,"taxableLand":2600,"taxableImprovement":20400,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2019,"v":44800,"taxable":44800,"land":2617,"improvement":42183,"taxableLand":2617,"taxableImprovement":42183,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2020,"v":45000,"taxable":45000,"land":2629,"improvement":42371,"taxableLand":2629,"taxableImprovement":42371,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2021,"v":45000,"taxable":45000,"land":2629,"improvement":42371,"taxableLand":2629,"taxableImprovement":42371,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2022,"v":45000,"taxable":45000,"land":2629,"improvement":42371,"taxableLand":2629,"taxableImprovement":42371,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2023,"v":110000,"taxable":110000,"land":22000,"improvement":88000,"taxableLand":22000,"taxableImprovement":88000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2024,"v":110000,"taxable":110000,"land":22000,"improvement":88000,"taxableLand":22000,"taxableImprovement":88000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2025,"v":112000,"taxable":112000,"land":22400,"improvement":89600,"taxableLand":22400,"taxableImprovement":89600,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2026,"v":112000,"taxable":112000,"land":22400,"improvement":89600,"taxableLand":22400,"taxableImprovement":89600,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0},{"y":2027,"v":105000,"taxable":105000,"land":21000,"improvement":84000,"taxableLand":21000,"taxableImprovement":84000,"exemptLand":0,"exemptImprovement":0}],"taxNow":1568,"familyHeld":false,"lastTransferNominal":true,"permits":[{"number":"395508","date":"2012-03-26","work":"Major alteration","type":"BP_ALTER","description":"ALTERATION PERMIT","status":"COMPLETED","completedDate":"2013-05-28","scope":"REPAIR EXISTING (UNSAFE) REAR YARD, MASONRY WALL, REBUILDING SAME WITH NEW 8 INCH CMU. 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A change of use, unit count, exits, or fire rating can require a Building Permit and Certificate of Occupancy.","action":"Verify the lawful use, unit count, associated construction permits, and Certificate of Occupancy with L&I.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/permits-violations-licenses/get-a-certificate/get-a-certificate-of-occupancy/"},{"id":"permit-status","level":"attention","title":"A permit row needs file-level verification","finding":"3 permits not marked completed: RP-2022-007674 (Expired), PP-2023-008602 (Expired), EP-2025-007842 (Expired). At least one row also carries a completion date, so the City fields conflict.","why":"Issued work is not the same as approved final work. L&I uses final inspections and required certifications to close construction permits; expired, withdrawn, and completed are different City statuses.","action":"Open the permit file and confirm final inspections, holds, and any resulting occupancy certificate.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/departments/department-of-licenses-and-inspections/inspections-by-permit-type/"},{"id":"investigations","level":"verify","title":"Failed inspections are dated events—not the current condition","finding":"1 failed, 1 passed, and 0 CLOSED investigation outcomes are in the fetched history; the latest dated visit was PASSED on May 25, 2013.","why":"A PASSED or FAILED value applies to that inspection visit. 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":"deed-chain","level":"verify","title":"The latest nominal transfer is not a market sale—or a title opinion","finding":"The latest deed in the assembled record moved for nominal consideration.","why":"A $1 or nominal deed can be a valid family, estate, or entity transfer. It does not establish a sale price, clear title, or by itself prove a tangled title.","action":"Read the recorded deed and have the title search confirm every grantor, grantee, estate/probate step, lien, and authority to sell.","url":"https://www.phila.gov/services/property-lots-housing/get-a-copy-of-a-deed-or-other-recorded-document/"},{"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/"}]}