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County Courthouse
117 South Main Street
Wapello, IA 52653-1547
Phone: (319) 523-3371
Fax: (319) 523-3713
www.louisacountyiowa.org

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Random Selection

Tax Sale Overview:


If Louisa county, Iowa 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 Louisa county, Iowa.

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

To solve this problem Louisa county, Iowa allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Louisa county, Iowa lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Iowa laws and competition, savvy Louisa county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Iowa tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Iowa tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Kenneth PurdySupervisor, Chairkenpurdy@lisco.com
Forrest BartenhagenSupervisorbarh@louisacomm.net
David WilsonSupervisorsupervisors@louisacomm.net
David MatthewsCounty Attorneydavehickmatt@hotmail.com
Curt BradySherifflcso@louisacomm.net
Karen ElkinTreasurercotreas@louisacomm.net
Sylvia BelzerAuditorauditr58@louisacomm.net
T. Jean BraunsRecorderrecorder58@louisacomm.net

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