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County Courthouse
1 Courthouse Street
West Plains, MO 65775-3400
Phone: (417)256-2591

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Howell 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 Howell county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Howell county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Howell 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 Howell 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: 
Larry SpencePresiding Commissioner 
Mark CollinsAssociate Commissioner, District S 
Bill LovelaceAssociate Commissioner 
Michael HutchingsProsecuting Attorney 
Charm EaglemanPublic Administrator 
Lonnie PruettCoroner 
Robbie CritesSheriff 
Ralph RiggsCounty Surveyor 
Truell HarrisonTreasurer 
Daniel FranksAssessor 
Wayne ScharnhorstCollector 
Dennis Von AllmenCounty Clerkchowell@sospublicmail.state.mo
Cindy WeeksCircuit Clerk-Recorder 

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