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County Office Building Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Wicomico 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 Wicomico county, Maryland.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Wicomico county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Wicomico 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 Wicomico county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Wicomico county, Maryland allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Wicomico 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 Wicomico 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: |
| Anthony Sarbanes | Council President, District At Larg | tsarbanes@wicomicocounty.org |
| Gail Bartkovich | Council Member, District 3 | gbartkovich@wicomicocounty.org |
| Charles Dashiell | Council Member | cdashiell@wicomicocounty.org |
| Larry Dodd | Council Member, District 5 | ldodd@wicomicocounty.org |
| Marvin Long | Council Member, District 4 | mlong@wicomicocounty.org |
| Stevie Prettyman | Council Member, District 2 | sprettyman@wicomicocounty.org |
| Edward Taylor | Council Member, District 1 | etaylor@wicomicocounty.org |
| R. Hunter Nelms | County Sheriff | |
| Mark Bowen | Clerk Of Court |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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