States › Missouri › Dent County

County Courthouse
400 North Main Street
Salem, MO 65560-1436
Phone: (573)729-4144

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Dent 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 Dent county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Dent county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Dent 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 Dent 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:
James Biggs	Presiding Commissioner
Bobby Simpson	Associate Commissioner, District 1
J. J. Tune	Associate Commissioner
James Gray	Prosecuting Attorney
Larry Edwards	Public Administrator
Eddie Wilson	County Coroner
Bob Wofford	Sheriff
Don Shipley	Treasurer
Brenda Bell	Assessor
Dennis Medlock	Collector
Janet Inman	County Clerk
Ruth Ann Williams	Circuit Clerk-Recorder

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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