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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara county, California.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Santa Barbara county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Santa Barbara county, California allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Santa Barbara 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 Santa Barbara 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: |
| Susan Rose | Supervisor, Chair, District 2 | jferry@co.santa-barbara.ca.us |
| Salud Carbajal | Supervisor, District 1 | scarbajal@sbcbos1.org |
| Joseph Centeno | Supervisor, District 5 | jcenteno@co.santa-barbara.ca.u |
| Brooks Firestone | Supervisor, District 3 | bfirestone@co.santa-barbara.ca |
| Joni Gray | Supervisor, District 4 | jgray@co.santa-barbara.ca.us |
| Thomas Sneddon Jr. | District Attorney | |
| Jim Anderson | Sheriff | info@sbsheriff.org |
| Bernice James | Treasurer/Tax Collector/Public Admi | bjames@co.santa-barbara.ca.us |
| Robert Geis | Auditor-Controller | auditor@co.santa-barbara.ca.us |
| Joseph Holland | County Clerk/Recorder/Assessor | holland@co.santa-barbara.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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