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County Courthouse
Court Street
Skowhegan, ME 04976-0000
Phone: (207) 474-9861
Fax: (207) 474-4705

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Sealed Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Somerset 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 Somerset county, Maine.

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

To solve this problem Somerset county, Maine allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Somerset 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 Somerset 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 HatchCommissioner, Chair, District 3somerset@kynd.com
Robert DunphyCommissioner, District 1rdunphy@tdstelme.net
Zane LibbyCommissioner, District 2zlibby@gwi.net
Evert FowleDistrict Attorney 
Barry DeLongSheriff/Communications Directorsheriff@kynd.com
Victoria HatchRegister of Probate 
Ruth Ann PolandTreasurerTreas@Kynd.Com
Diane GodinRegister of Deeds 

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