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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Whitley 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 Whitley county, Kentucky.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Whitley county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Whitley 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 Whitley county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Whitley county, Kentucky allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Whitley 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 Whitley 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: |
| Burley Foley | County Judge/Executive | |
| Nolan Bird | County Magistrate | |
| Johnny Lawson | County Magistrate | |
| James Myers | County Magistrate | |
| Wayne Wilson | County Magistrate | |
| Paul Winchester | County Attorney | |
| Jerry Croley | County Coroner | |
| Lawrence Hodge | Sheriff | |
| Robert Moses | County Surveyor | |
| Ronnie Moses | Property Valuation Administrator | pva118@tcnet.net |
| Tom Rains | County Clerk | wcclerk@tcnet.net |
| Gary Barton | 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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