(A) As provided in 16 P.S. § 11011-6, as amended by Act of July 7, 1983 (Pub. Law 40, No. 21), the recorder of deeds shall be the collection agent for the local realty transfer tax, including any amount payable to the borough based on a redetermination of the amount of tax due by the state of the state’s realty transfer tax, without compensation from the borough.
(B) In order to ascertain the amount of taxes due when the property is located in more than one political subdivision, the Recorder shall not accept for recording such a deed unless it is accompanied by a statement of value showing what taxes are due each municipality.
(C) On or before the tenth of each month, the Recorder shall pay over to the borough all local realty transfer taxes collected, less 2% for use of the county, together with a report containing the information as is required by the state in reporting collections of the state realty transfer tax. The 2% commission shall be paid to the county.
(D) Upon a redetermination of the amount of realty transfer tax due by the state, the Recorder shall re-record the deed or record the additional realty transfer tax form only when both the state and local amounts and a re-recording or recording fee has been tendered.
(Prior Code, Ch. 24, Pt. 2, § 212) (Ord. 3-88, passed 9-6-1988)