The Block Report

Land report

2009 N 20th St

Vacant lot · Individual owner on record · assessed $59K (2026) · 2027 OPA assessment $36K. On the 2000 block of N 20th St.

Property summary

Assessment$59,4002026 OPA assessment · 2027: $35,700 Last sale$30KRecorded 2024 Est. tax bill$831/year2026 taxable assessment × 1.3998% Tax delinquency$6KCity snapshot · Jun 2022 Permits0Every fetched City permit Violations0 open18 historical across 9 cases

“Open” reflects records available then historical records keep their source dates estimates are labeled

BlockReport AI · cited public records

Ask the questions this record raises.

Every choice opens the research chat with this property already in context. Curated questions are free.

Opens the research chat · 3 custom questions per browser
Question or correct this record

BlockReport can explain a discrepancy, but it cannot rewrite an official City record. Use the agency that owns the underlying fact:

Street view of 2009 N 20th St
From the street — imagery © Google
From above — imagery © Esri, Maxar

The estimate, live balance, and back-tax record are different.

BlockReport can calculate the annual tax from the City’s taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and a current amount due live separately in Philadelphia Tax Center.

Estimated annual Real Estate Tax$831/year

2026 taxable assessment $59,400 × 1.3998%. Estimate—not a bill or account balance.

OPA also publishes a 2027 assessment of $35,700; it is not the 2026 billed-year value.

Official current account balanceCheck live

A Tax Center balance is net of bills, payments, credits, interest, and adjustments. A credit—or an amount due—is not automatically “back taxes.”

OPA 321286900
Open Philadelphia Tax Center →Choose “View period balance” to see the tax year and any credit, interest, or delinquency.
Exemption classificationNo exemption shown

2026 taxable assessment equals the full assessed value.

Historical delinquency sources Record found

$6,445.97 was recorded for this parcel in Philadelphia's June 2022 delinquency snapshot for 2010–2021. That amount may have been paid, reduced, or increased since; it is not a current payoff figure.

$3,398.39 principal$1,034.86 interest$232.09 penalty$1,780.63 other charges
12years recorded 2010–2021tax periods 2009-05-13last payment in snapshot Yesactionable flag Nopayment agreement Nobankruptcy flag Nosheriff-sale flag Noassessment appeal

The snapshot’s 2022 context used $35,900 total assessment, $35,900 taxable, and $0 exempt/abated. Those historical fields can differ from today’s OPA exemption status.

A separate historical parcel ledger ending in 2016 records $1,071.45 and a lien entry. It is shown as historical context only.

2010$89.32 total · $39.54 principal · $21.95 interest · $2.77 penalty2011$91.90 total · $43.45 principal · $20.21 interest · $3.04 penalty2012$90.33 total · $45.13 principal · $16.93 interest · $3.16 penalty2013$88.34 total · $46.75 principal · $13.32 interest · $3.27 penalty2014$248.95 total · $117.12 principal · $22.84 interest · $8.20 penalty2015$237.78 total · $117.12 principal · $12.30 interest · $8.20 penalty2016$224.83 total · $122.34 principal · $1.84 interest · $1.22 penalty

For a purchase, refinance, or closing, request the City’s official Property Payoff statement in Tax Center under “More options.”

What stands out

From the public record

Records to verify together

Rule-based groupings across this property's dated public records. Each flag shows the records that belong in the same verification step and where the inference stops.

Dated record flagRecords to verify together

More than one separately dated public record deserves a current-status check.

Evidence: $6,446 appeared in the City's June 2022 delinquency snapshot · a lien number appears in the historical tax ledger through 2016

Limit: A screening signal, not a foreclosure prediction. Tax entries are historical and must be verified with Philadelphia Revenue.

Transparent record rules, not a score or forecast. Each flag is a prompt to verify the cited records, not a prediction or allegation.

Vacant landLand report

An empty lot: no building, just the land and its paper trail. The homeowner tools don't apply; the deed history, owner and zoning are below, and the analyst can trace what the owner holds citywide.

$6K · Jun 2022 delinquency snapshot historical lien entry · through 2016

What it is
Vacant lot
Vacant Land Reside < Acre
Owner
Individual owner on record
Individual name redacted
OPA tax treatment
Assessed $59K
Taxable assessment on the roll
Assessed value
$59,400
2026 OPA · 2027: $35,700
Lot size
1,200 sqft
Zoning
RSA5

Every dated deed, permit, inspection, license, violation, certification, and appeal—together.

The timeline combines the report’s transfer history with every successfully fetched L&I and zoning row. A date or status is the City’s filed record, not a statement that the condition remains current; use the official file for live detail.

Open the City record ↗
Recorded owner
Individual owner on record
L&I district
NORTH
OPA account
321286900

What this record suggests

The dated deed and City-record sequence is assembled below. Read timing as a research lead, not proof of renovation, condition, or motive.

  1. Recorded transfer$30K transfer

    2024

  2. Recorded transfer$5K transfer

    2022

  3. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 551787 · Violation 4058798 · COMPLIED

  4. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 551787 · Violation 4058797 · COMPLIED

  5. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 532019 · Violation 3928229 · COMPLIED

  6. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 532019 · Violation 3928230 · COMPLIED

  7. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 500463 · Violation 3698185 · COMPLIED

  8. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 500463 · Violation 3698186 · COMPLIED

  9. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 441817 · Violation 3248691 · COMPLIED

  10. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 441817 · Violation 3248692 · COMPLIED

  11. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 433350 · Violation 3192130 · COMPLIED

  12. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 433350 · Violation 3192129 · COMPLIED

  13. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 405647 · Violation 2959552 · COMPLIED

  14. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 405647 · Violation 2959553 · COMPLIED

  15. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 375600 · Violation 2760976 · COMPLIED

  16. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 375600 · Violation 2760977 · COMPLIED

  17. AppealZoning board appeal

    Appeal 9389 · CLOSED · Withdrawn

    Related permit 222150 · PERMIT FOR THE ERECTION OF A THREE STORY ATTACHED STRUCTURE WITH CELLAR AND 2ND AND 3RD STORY FRONT BAYS FOR USE AS A TWO (2) FAMILY DWELLING PROVIDING NO ACCESSORY OFF STREET PARKING SPACES.

  18. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 296346 · Violation 2207359 · COMPLIED

  19. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 296346 · Violation 2207358 · COMPLIED

  20. ViolationEXT A-VACANT LOT CLEAN/MAINTAI

    Case 271502 · Violation 2028366 · RESOLVE

  21. ViolationCLIP VIOLATION NOTICE

    Case 271502 · Violation 2028365 · RESOLVE

  22. Recorded transfer$25K transfer

    2009

  23. Recorded transfer$65K transfer

    2008

How Philadelphia’s property system works

These explainers are free because the record only helps if you know what it can—and cannot—prove. Use the linked City guidance for the controlling rule.

Permits and inspections

A permit is the City’s authorization and review pathway for construction or repair work. No fetched permit is not proof that no work ever happened.

L&I inspections are scheduled at defined stages; final inspection and required certifications are separate steps in closing out applicable work.

How construction and repair permits work ↗See City inspection stages by permit type ↗
Assessments and taxes

The OPA assessment is the City’s value on the tax roll—not an asking price, appraisal, or live account balance. The taxable assessment can differ from the full assessment because the City roll records exemptions or other treatment; the report keeps those fields separate.

Your annual estimate uses the taxable assessment. Payments, credits, interest, and the amount due are maintained separately in Tax Center.

How the Office of Property Assessment works ↗Philadelphia property-tax guidance ↗
Violations, cases, and status check current status

An open row is a dated City status, not a diagnosis of current condition or a conclusion about the property. Read the case, notice, and any subsequent inspection together, then verify the live file.

How L&I code enforcement works ↗City violation and order types ↗

Block context

2009 N 20th St sits on the 2000 block of N 20th St. Open the block report to compare its parcels, ownership and public-record history.

See the whole block →

Next door: 2011 N 20th St  ·  2013 N 20th St

Where this comes from
Methodology & freshness

This report was assembled Jul 10, 2026, 10:42 AM ET. Available City datasets are queried from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and the cited City ArcGIS feeds; record queries paginate rather than silently taking a first page. For this property: Permits: queried · Violations: queried · Investigations: queried · Appeals: queried · Licenses: queried · Building certifications: queried. “Unavailable” means the source query failed or was not supplied, not “no record.” Reports re-pull on view after seven days and on an overnight rolling schedule; citywide benchmarks recompute weekly. Source dates still govern: the parcel-level tax-delinquency snapshot is June 2022 and the separate detailed tax ledger ends in 2016, so neither establishes today’s balance. The live balance and date-effective payoff must be verified in Tax Center. AI-written passages are grounded in the assembled record and rejected if they state a number the record does not hold.

Official city record ↗  ·  L&I history ↗  ·  See the whole block  ·  Download this record (JSON)