71 Pa. Stat. § 1579
That whenever any person heretofore has or hereafter shall devise any real estate to the Commonwealth, the title to said real estate shall vest in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the custody thereof, until the same shall be sold and conveyed as hereinafter provided, shall be in the Department of Property and Supplies. Said department may dispose of said real estate, upon such terms and conditions, at either public or private sale, as the Secretary of Property and Supplies may deem advisable and the Department of Justice may approve, and, in the event of said sale, the Secretary of Property and Supplies is hereby authorized and directed to execute, acknowledge, and deliver a good and sufficient deed or other appropriate document, approved by the Department of Justice, conveying or transferring the title to said property. The Department of Property and Supplies shall be authorized to lease said real estate, upon such terms and conditions as shall be approved by the Department of Justice, during the period prior to the sale thereof. All moneys received from the sale or leasing of said real estate shall be paid into the general fund in the State Treasury through the Department of Revenue. Said Department of Property and Supplies shall have authority to make all necessary repairs to said real estate prior to the sale thereof, and the costs of said repairs shall be paid out of the appropriation to said department in the State Treasury. Any such conveyance or transfer shall be free and clear of all liens and incumbrances in favor of the Commonwealth.
71 P.S. § 1579