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Borough Seat Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Ketchikan Gateway Borough county, Alaska is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.
Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Ketchikan Gateway Borough county, Alaska.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Ketchikan Gateway Borough county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Ketchikan Gateway Borough county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.
The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Ketchikan Gateway Borough county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Ketchikan Gateway Borough county, Alaska allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Ketchikan Gateway Borough county, Alaska lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Alaska laws and competition, savvy Ketchikan Gateway Borough county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Alaska tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Alaska tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Michael Salazar | Borough Mayor | msalazarktnair@att.net |
| Dave Kiffer | Assembly Member, District 1 | dave.kiffer@borough.ketchikan. |
| David Landis | Assembly Member | david.landis@borough.ketchikan |
| George Lybrand | Assembly Member, District 1 | george.lybrand@borough.ketchik |
| Mike Painter | Assembly Member | mike.painter@borough.ketchikan |
| John Shay Jr. | Assembly Member | jack.shay@borough.ketchikan.ak |
| Glen Thompson | Assembly Member | glen.thompson@borough.ketchika |
| George Tipton | Assembly Member | george.tipton@borough.ketchika |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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