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States › Maryland › Garrett County

County Courthouse
203 South Fourth Street
Oakland, MD 21550-1553
Phone: (301)334-8970
Fax: (301)334-5000
www.co.garrett.md.us

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Garrett 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 Garrett county, Maryland.

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

To solve this problem Garrett county, Maryland allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Garrett 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 Garrett 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:
Ernest Gregg Jr.	Commissioner, Chairman	countycommissioners@garrettcou
David Beard	Commissioner	dbeard@garrettcounty.org
Frederick Holliday	Commissioner	fholliday@garrettcounty.org
Lisa Thayer Welch	State's Attorney
Richard Sanders	County Sheriff
Joseph DiSimone	Register Of Wills
David Martin	Clerk Of The Circuit Court	david.martin@courts.state.md.u

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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