States › Missouri › Monroe County

County Courthouse
300 North Main Street
Paris, MO 65275-1399
Phone: (660)327-5106
Fax: (660)327-1019

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Monroe 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 Monroe county, Missouri.

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

To solve this problem Monroe county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Monroe 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 Monroe 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:
Donald Simpson	Presiding Commissioner
Glenn Turner	Associate Commissioner
Mike Whelan	Associate Commissioner
Monty Plantz	Prosecuting Attorney
Marguerite Jones	Public Administrator
James Reinhard	Coroner
Gary Tawney	Sheriff
Martha Cullifer	Treasurer
Paul Quinn	Assessor
Anita Dunkle	Collector
Sandra Carter	County Clerk	cmonroe@sospublicmail.state.mo
Mary Sue Meals	Recorder
Gale Bierly	Circuit Clerk

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