States › Missouri › Howard County

County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Square
Fayette, MO 65248-1283
Phone: (660) 248-3400
Fax: (660) 248-1075

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Howard 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 Howard county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Howard county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Howard 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 Howard 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:
Lowell Eaton	Presiding Commissioner
Howard Black	Associate Commissioner
Richard Conrow	Associate Commissioner
Mason Gebhardt	Prosecuting Attorney
Marsha Davis	Public Administrator
Frank Flaspohler	Coroner
Charles Polson	Sheriff
Gene Bowen	County Surveyor
Kathryne Harper	Treasurer
George Frink	Assessor
Sharon Himmelberg	Collector
Mark Hill	County Clerk

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

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