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County Courthouse
304 NW 2nd Street, Room 106
Okeechobee, FL 34972-4146
Phone: (863) 763-6441
Fax: (863) 763-9529
www.co.okeechobee.fl.us

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Bid Down

Tax Sale Overview:


If Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee county, Florida.

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

To solve this problem Okeechobee county, Florida allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Okeechobee 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 Okeechobee 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: 
John Abney Sr.Commissioner, Chair, District 4 
Clif Betts Jr.Commissioner, District 3 
Ray DomerCommissioner, District 1 
Elvie PoseyCommissioner, District 5 
Gene WoodsCommissioner, District 2 
Paul MaySheriff 
Raymon JonesProperty Appraiser 
Celeste SmithTax Collector 
Sharon RobertsonClerk Of Courts 
Gwen ChandlerSupervisor of Elections 

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