States › Missouri › Jefferson County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 100
Hillsboro, MO 63050-0100
Phone: (636)797-5555
www.jeffcomo.org/

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Jefferson 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 Jefferson county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Jefferson county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Jefferson 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 Jefferson 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:
Mark Mertens	Presiding Commissioner	mmertens@jeffcomo.org
Ed Kemp	Associate Commissioner
Patrick Lamping	Associate Commissioner	plamping@jeffcomo.org
Robert Wilkins	Prosecuting Attorney	rwilkins@jeffcomo.org
Glenn Boyer	Sheriff
Ken Waller	Treasurer	kwaller@jeffcomo.org
Dorothy Stafford	County Auditor	dstafford@jeffcomo.org
Randy Holman	Assessor	rholman@jeffcomo.org
Beth Mahn	Collector	bmahn@jeffcomo.org
Janet McMillian	County Clerk
Marlene Castle	Recorder
Howard Wagner	Circuit 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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