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County Administration Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If DeSoto 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 DeSoto county, Florida.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of DeSoto county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a DeSoto 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 DeSoto county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem DeSoto county, Florida allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the DeSoto 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 DeSoto 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: |
| Ronald Neads | Commissioner, Chair, District 5 | R.Neads@co.desoto.fl.us |
| Delma Allen | Commissioner, District 3 | |
| Thomas Felton Garner | Commissioner, District 1 | F.Garner@co.desoto.fl.us |
| Jerry Hill | Commissioner, District 2 | J.Hill@co.desoto.fl.us |
| Terry Welles | Commissioner, District 4 | T.Welles@co.desoto.fl.us |
| Vernon Keen | Sheriff | |
| Newt Keen | Property Appraiser | |
| Kathryn Hill | Tax Collector | |
| Mitzie McGavic | Clerk of Courts | desotoclerk@yahoo.com |
| Mark Negley | 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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