States › Maine › Lincoln County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 249
Wiscasset, ME 04578-0249
Phone: (207) 882-6311
Fax: (207) 882-4320
www.co.lincoln.me.us/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Sealed Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lincoln 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 Lincoln county, Maine.

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

To solve this problem Lincoln county, Maine allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lincoln 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 Lincoln 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:
Sheridan Bond	Commissioner, Chair, District 3
William Blodgett	Commissioner, District 2
Kenneth Honey	Commissioner
Geoffrey Rushlau	District Attorney
Todd Brackett	Sheriff	tbreackett@co.lincoln.me.us
Chester Fossett	Register of Probate	lincprob@co.lincoln.me.us
Donald Williams	Treasurer	williams@co.lincoln.me.us
Marcia Silva	Register of Deeds	silva@co.lincoln.me.us

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