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County Courthouse
206 S. High Street
Cambridge, MD 21613-1817
Phone: (410) 228-6300
Fax: (410) 228-9641

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Dorchester county, Maryland 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 Dorchester county, Maryland.

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

To solve this problem Dorchester county, Maryland allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Dorchester county, Maryland lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Maryland laws and competition, savvy Dorchester county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Maryland tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Maryland tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Glenn BrambleCouncil President, District 1gbramble@council.docogonet.com
Effie ElzeyCouncil Member, District 5effie@shorecable.com
William Nichols IICouncil Member, District 2wnichols@council.docogonet.com
Richard TraversCouncil Memberrtravers@council.docogonet.com
David YockeyCouncil Memberdyockey@council.docogonet.com
Michael MaloneyState's Attorney 
James PhillipsCounty Sheriff 
Doris LewisRegister Of Wills 
Mike BakerClerk Of Circuit Court 

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