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States › Florida › Gulf County

County Courthouse
1000 Cecil G. Costin, Sr. Blvd
Port Saint Joe, FL 32456-1653
Phone: (850) 229-6106
Fax: (850) 229-6174
www.gulfcountygovernment.com

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:

If Gulf 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 Gulf county, Florida.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Gulf county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Gulf 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 Gulf county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Gulf county, Florida allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Gulf 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 Gulf 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:
Nathan Peters Jr.	Commissioner, Chair, District 4
Jerry Barnes	Commissioner, District 5
Carmen McLemore	Commissioner, District 1
Billy Traylor	Commissioner, District 2
Bill Williams	Commissioner, District 3
Dalton Upchurch	Sheriff
Kesley Colbert	Property Appraiser
Shirley Jenkins	Tax Collector
Becky Norris	Clerk of Courts
Linda Griffin	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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