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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Columbia county, Florida 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 Columbia county, Florida.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Columbia county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Columbia 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 Columbia county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Columbia county, Florida allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Columbia county, Florida lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Florida laws and competition, savvy Columbia county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Florida tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Florida tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Jennifer Flinn | Commissioner, Chair, District 4 | flinn6@earthlink.net |
| Elizabeth Porter | Commissioner, District 5 | |
| George Skinner | Commissioner, District 3 | gaskinner@bellsouth.net |
| Dewey Weaver | Commissioner, District 2 | |
| Ronald Williams | Commissioner, District 1 | |
| Bill Gootee | Sheriff | |
| J. Doyle Crews | Property Appraiser | |
| Ronnie Brannon | Tax Collector | |
| DeWitt Cason | Clerk of Courts | |
| Elizabeth Horne | Supervisor of Elections |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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