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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Aroostook county, Maine 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 Aroostook county, Maine.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Aroostook county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Aroostook 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 Aroostook county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Aroostook county, Maine allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Aroostook county, Maine lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Maine laws and competition, savvy Aroostook county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Maine tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Maine tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Paul Adams | Commissioner, District 1 | p.adams@katahdintrust.com |
| Norman Fournier | Commissioner, District 3 | nfournier@sjv.net |
| Paul Underwood | Commissioner, District 2 | punderwo@maine.rr.com |
| Neale Adams | District Attorney | neale.t.adams@maine.gov |
| James Madore | Sheriff | jpm@aroostook.me.us |
| Wilfred Bell | Treasurer | wil@aroostook.me.us |
| Patricia Brown | Register of Deeds | pat@aroostook.me.us |
| Louise Caron | Register of Deeds | louise@aroostook.me.us |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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