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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Letcher 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 Letcher county, Kentucky.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Letcher county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Letcher 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 Letcher county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Letcher county, Kentucky allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Letcher 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 Letcher 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: |
| Carroll Smith | County Judge/Executive | letchercoje@setel.com |
| Terry Adams | County Magistrate, District 2 | |
| Randall Caudill | County Magistrate, District 4 | |
| Wayne Fleming | County Magistrate, District 5 | |
| Durward Narramore III | County Magistrate, District 3 | |
| Jim Ward | County Magistrate, District 1 | |
| Harold Bolling | County Attorney | |
| John Cornett | County Coroner | |
| Danny Webb | Sheriff | |
| Richard Hall | County Surveyor | |
| Randy Hall | Property Valuation Administrator | |
| Winston Meade | County Clerk | |
| Margaret Nichols | Circuit Clerk |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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