States › Kentucky › Wayne County

County Courthouse
109 Main Street
Monticello, KY 42633-0565
Phone: (606)348-4241
Fax: (606)348-8303

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Wayne 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 Wayne county, Kentucky.

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

To solve this problem Wayne county, Kentucky allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Wayne 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 Wayne 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:
Bruce Ramsey	County Judge/Executive	wcfc@alltel.net
Jesse Jones	County Magistrate
Jerry Sloan	County Magistrate
Wade Upchurch	County Magistrate
Ricky Worley	County Magistrate
Vernon Miniard	County Attorney
Marvin Hicks	County Coroner
James Hill	Sheriff	wcsheriff@kih.net
Bobby Upchurch II	Property Valuation Administrator
Carol Jones	County Clerk
Richard Morrow	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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