States › Iowa › Madison County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 152
Winterset, IA 50273-0152
Phone: (515)462-3225
www.madisoncounty.com

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Random Selection

Tax Sale Overview:

If Madison 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 Madison county, Iowa.

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

To solve this problem Madison county, Iowa allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Madison 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 Madison 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:
Steve Raymond	Supervisor, Chair	madcosups@i-rule.net
Cy McDonald	Supervisor	madcosups@i-rule.net
Robert Weeks	Supervisor	madcosups@i-rule.net
Martin Ramsey	County Attorney	madisoncountyattorney@i-rule.n
Paul Welch	Sheriff	madcosheriff@prairieinet.net
Jo Ann Collins	Treasurer	madisontr@I-rule.net
Joan Welch	Auditor	aud61@i-rule.net
Michelle Utsler	Recorder	mutsler@i-rule.net

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