Clarion County approves land-record review process, accepts $175K in housing grants

At the Oct. 13, 2026 meeting, commissioners Wayne Brosius, Ted Tharan and Braxton White approved a Uniform Parcel Identifier (UPI) ordinance and accepted conditional commitments of $175,000 through the Pennsylvania Housing Affordability and Rehabilitation Enhancement program, exploreClarion reported. The county will route $100,000 to the Clarion County Housing Authority for its Home Buyer Assistance Program and $75,000 to Community Action for emergency shelter and rental assistance.

Under the new land-records review process, deeds, mortgages, rights of way, leases, assignments and other land-related documents must pass through the county Assessment Office before recording; the county plans to charge $20 per parcel for each document reviewed, and officials said most reviews should be completed the same day. The process is scheduled to begin on 2026-11-01; the county expects a new employee to handle about 30 to 40 documents per day while assessment staff check parcel numbers, property descriptions, ownership names, acreage, Clean and Green status and other information for errors, exploreClarion reported.

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