States › Missouri › Lewis County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 67
Monticello, MO 63457-0067
Phone: (573) 767-5205
Fax: (573) 767-5476

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lewis 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 Lewis county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Lewis county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lewis 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 Lewis 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:
Nancy Goehl	Presiding Commissioner	nancyg5@msn.com
John Campen	Associate Commissioner
Jesse Roberts	Associate Commissioner
Jules DeCoster	Prosecuting Attorney
Bill Murphy	Public Administrator
Larry Arnold	Coroner
David Parrish	Sheriff
Harold Crane	County Surveyor
Kim Porter	Treasurer
Wayne Priebe Jr.	Assessor
Robert Veatch	Collector
Sharon Schlager	County Clerk	clewis@sospublicmail.state.mo.
Brenda Gunlock	Recorder
William Smith II	Circuit Clerk

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