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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Hancock 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 Hancock county, Maine.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Hancock county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Hancock 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 Hancock county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Hancock county, Maine allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Hancock 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 Hancock 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: |
| Fay Lawson | Commissioner | JCCFAL@acadia.net |
| Royce Perkins | Commissioner | RWPerkins@midmaine.com |
| Kenneth Shea | Commissioner | kshea@midmaine.com |
| Michael Povich | District Attorney | da7@acadia.net |
| William Clark | Sheriff | topdog@co.hancock.me.us |
| Margaret Lunt | Register of Probate | dsw.hancockprobate@co.hancock. |
| Sally Crowley | Treasurer | scrowley@co.hancock.me.us |
| Alan Ott | Register of Deeds | aott@co.hancock.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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