(Sign In)
States › Missouri › Douglas County
|
County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
|
Tax Sale Overview:
If Douglas 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 Douglas county, Missouri.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Douglas county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Douglas 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 Douglas county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Douglas county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Douglas 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 Douglas 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: |
| Donald Potter | Presiding Commissioner | |
| Danny Dry | Associate Commissioner | |
| Richard Mitchell | Associate Commissioner | |
| Christopher Swatosh | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Linda Coonts | Public Administrator | |
| Mark Pearson | Coroner | |
| Gary Koop | Sheriff | |
| Kathleen Potter | Treasurer | |
| Danny Gray | Assessor | |
| Laura Stillings | Collector | |
| Karry Davis | County Clerk | cdouglas@sospublicmail.state.m |
| Judith Denney | Circuit Clerk-Recorder |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | HI | IA | ID | IL | IN | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY
