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County Courthouse
1100 Massachusetts Street, Suite 200
Lawrence, KS 66044-3064
Phone: (785) 841-7700
www.douglas-county.com/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Douglas county, Kansas 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 Douglas county, Kansas.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Bob JohnsonCommissioner, District 2bjohnson@douglas-county.com
Charles JonesCommissioner, District 1cjones@douglas-county.com
Jere McElhaneyCommissioner, District 3jmcelhaney@douglas-county.com
Charles BransonDistrict Attorneycbransony@douglas-county.com
Ken McGovernSheriffkmcgovern@douglas-county.com
Paula GilchristTreasurerpgilchrist@douglas-county.com
Jamie ShewCounty Clerkjshew@douglas-county.com
Kay PesnellRegister of Deedskpesnell@douglas-county.com

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


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