(Sign In)
States › Kentucky › Harlan County
|
County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
|
Tax Sale Overview:
If Harlan county, Kentucky 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 Harlan county, Kentucky.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Harlan county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Harlan 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 Harlan county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Harlan county, Kentucky allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Harlan county, Kentucky lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Kentucky laws and competition, savvy Harlan county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Kentucky tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Kentucky tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Joseph Grieshop | County Judge/Executive | joegrieshop@harlanonline.net |
| Paul Caldwell | County Magistrate, District 1 | |
| Raymond Hall | County Magistrate, District 3 | |
| Jimmy Roark | County Magistrate, District 5 | |
| Jim Roddy | County Magistrate, District 4 | |
| Curtis Stallard | County Magistrate, District 2 | |
| Fred Busroe | County Attorney | |
| Philip Bianchi | County Coroner | |
| Steve Duff | Sheriff | |
| Leo Miller | County Surveyor | |
| Jerry Blanton | Property Valuation Administrator | jblanton@kih.net |
| Wanda Clem | County Clerk | |
| Paul Williams | Circuit Clerk |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | HI | IA | ID | IL | IN | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY
