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County Administrative Center Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Kern county, California 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 Kern county, California.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Kern county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Kern 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 Kern county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Kern county, California allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Kern county, California lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on California laws and competition, savvy Kern county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with California tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with California tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Ray Watson | Supervisor, Chair, District 4 | district4@co.kern.ca.us |
| Don Maben | Supervisor, District 2 | mabend@co.kern.ca.us |
| Jon McQuiston | Supervisor, District 1 | jonm@co.kern.ca.us |
| Barbara Patrick | Supervisor, District 3 | patrick@co.kern.ca.us |
| Michael Rubio | Supervisor, District 5 | district5@co.kern.ca.us |
| Edward Jagels | District Attorney | jcrosby@co.kern.ca.us |
| Mack Wimbish | Sheriff/Coroner | |
| Phil Franey | Treasurer/Tax Collector | |
| Ann Barnett | Auditor-Controller-County Clerk | |
| James Fitch | Assessor-Recorder | cheatwood@co.kern.ca.us |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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