States › Missouri › Barton County

County Courthouse
1004 Gulf Street
Lamar, MO 64759-1466
Phone: (417) 682-3529
Fax: (417) 682-4100

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Barton county, Missouri 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 Barton county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Barton county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Barton county, Missouri lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Missouri laws and competition, savvy Barton county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Missouri tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Missouri tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Gerry Miller	Presiding Commissioner
John Stockdale	Associate Commissioner
Dennis Wilson	Associate Commissioner
Steven Kaderly	Prosecuting Attorney
Teresa Achey-Moore	Public Administrator
C. Tucker Joustra	Coroner
Shannon Higgins	Sheriff
Frances Cato	Treasurer
Ivan Frieden	Assessor
Bonda Rawlings	County Clerk	cbarton@sospublicmail.state.mo
Jerry Moyer	Circuit Clerk

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