States › Kansas › Sedgwick County

County Courthouse
525 N Main, Room 320
Wichita, KS 67203-3731
Phone: (316) 660-9300
www.sedgwickcounty.org

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick county, Kansas.

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

To solve this problem Sedgwick county, Kansas allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Sedgwick 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 Sedgwick 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:
R. Lucy Burtnett	Commissioner	lburtnett@sedgwick.gov
Tim Norton	Commissioner, District 2	tnorton@sedgwick.gov
Ben Sciortino	Commissioner, District 5	bsciorti@sedgwick.gov
Dave Unruh	Commissioner, District 1	dunruh@sedgwick.gov
Thomas Winters	Commissioner, District 3	twinters@sedgwick.gov
Nola Foulston	District Attorney	nfoulsto@sedgwick.gov
Gary Steed	Sheriff	gsteed@sedgwick.gov
Janice Kennedy	Treasurer	jkennedy@sedwick.gov
Don Brace	County Clerk	dbrace@sedgwick.gov
William Meek	Register of Deeds	wmeek@sedgwick.gov

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

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