States › Kentucky › Lewis County

County Courthouse
514 2nd Street
Vanceburg, KY 41179-1089
Phone: (606)796-2722

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lewis 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 Lewis county, Kentucky.

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

To solve this problem Lewis county, Kentucky allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lewis 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 Lewis 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:
Steven Applegate	County Judge/Executive	lewiscojudge@ekns.net
Keith Chapman	County Magistrate
Todd Ruckel	County Magistrate
Milt Stanfield	County Magistrate
Clayton Lykins Jr.	County Attorney
Tony Gaydos	County Coroner
William Lewis	Sheriff
Michael Ruggles	County Surveyor
Betty Ripato	Property Valuation Administrator	lewiscopva@kih.net
Shirley Hinton	County Clerk
Kathy Hardy	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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