States › Missouri › Madison County

County Courthouse
1 Court Square
Fredericktown, MO 63645-1114
Phone: (573)783-2176
Fax: (573)783-5351

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Madison 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 Madison county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Madison county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Madison 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 Madison 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:
Ken Pate	Presiding Commissioner
Dennis Bradford	Associate Commissioner
Terry Hovis	Associate Commissioner
Dwight Robbins	Prosecuting Attorney
Kim Clauser	Public Administrator
Charles Follis	Coroner
David Lewis	Sheriff
Kay Rehkop	Treasurer
Grace Thomas	Assessor
Danny Thompson	Collector
Joan Whitener	County Clerk	cmadison@sospublicmail.state.m
Paula Francis	Recorder
Eileen Provow	Circuit Clerk

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