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States › Iowa › Marshall County

County Courthouse
1 East Main Street
Marshalltown, IA 50158-4915
Phone: (641)754-6330
Fax: (641)754-6321
www.co.marshall.ia.us/

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Random Selection

Tax Sale Overview:

If Marshall 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 Marshall county, Iowa.

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

To solve this problem Marshall county, Iowa allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Marshall 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 Marshall 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:
Gordie Johnson	Supervisor, Chair
Ronald Goecke	Supervisor
John Soorholtz	Supervisor
Jennifer Miller	County Attorney	jmiller@co.marshall.ia.us
Ted Kamatchus	Sheriff	tkamatchus@co.marshall.ia.us
Deane Adams	Treasurer	dadams@co.marshall.ia.us
Leland Searle	Auditor	lsearle@co.marshall.ia.us
Kathy Baker	Recorder	recorder@co.marshall.ia.us

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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