IMPORTANT UPDATE: All applications must be submitted in its entirety and all fees paid at least 3 weeks for residential properties and 4 weeks for commercial properties prior to settlement. Partial or incomplete applications will be returned to the applicant. 

The Upper Darby Residential Property Resale and Commercial Property Resale processes were established to protect property owners and their investment in Upper Darby. Any individual, entity, or corporation that owns real property within Upper Darby and desires to sell said property must first obtain a Resale Certificate from the Department of Licenses & Inspections as per Code 417-11 BBB. 

It is the responsibility of the agents to ensure that a resale certificate has been issued before the transfer of any property.

The Property Resale Process includes an exterior inspection to determine the minimum standards of exterior of property maintenance are met, including but not limited to the safety of public walkways and a sewer lateral inspection to protect the community from waste water flowing out of cracked and broken sewer lateral lines. It is important to start this process as early as possible.

• Applications must be completed in full, including non-refundable payment, before inspections will be scheduled. Incomplete applications will be rejected and returned to the applicant. The application review process will not begin until all sections of the application are completed and received.  We require applications to be submitted at least 3 weeks for residential and 4 weeks for commercial properties prior to settlement in order to allow for inspections and work to be completed. 
• All inspections must be completed, and any subsequent violations found must be corrected prior to the Resale Certificate being issued. Depending on the outcome of inspections, you may need to hire a licensed and insured contractor to fix any violations. Sewer Lateral Inspections must be performed by a plumber who is certified in Sewer Lateral Inspections by NASSCO or PHCC. Sewer Lateral certified and licensed plumbing contractors can be found at PHCC Certified Plumbers or NASSCO Certified Plumbers. Plumbers MUST include their NASSCO or PHCC number on the form or it will not be accepted.
• Once all violations have been fixed by the seller, final inspections have been completed, all permits have been closed out, and any additional paperwork has been completed correctly, then a Resale Certificate will be issued. This typically takes 10-14 business days. 
• If a property is being sold “as is” a Conditional Resale Certificate may be issued after a Buyers Acceptance Form is completed and notarized, and the fee paid. All violations must be corrected within one year of applying for the resale certificate or violations will be issued. Consecutive Conditional Resale Certificates will not be issued until the previous violations are corrected.

Certain transactions are exempt from the Property Resale Process. For more information please view the Upper Darby Property Maintenance Code.

Property Resale (Residential) Application for single family and duplex properties

Property Resale (Commercial) Application for triplex and larger residential properties and all commercial (business) properties

Fee Schedule

Please do not hesitate to reach out to our office with any questions by emailing resales@upperdarby.org or calling (610) 734-7613.

APPLICATIONS CAN BE EMAILED TO RESALES@UPPERDARBY.ORG AND PAID ONLINE AT WWW.UPPERDARBY.ORG/CODEPAY