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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Polk 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 Polk county, Missouri.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Polk county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Polk 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 Polk county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Polk county, Missouri allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Polk 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 Polk 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: |
| Roy Harms | Presiding Commissioner | |
| Billy Dryer | Associate Commissioner | |
| Stuart Hosiner | Associate Commissioner | commissioner@polkcountymo.org |
| John Porter | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Barbara Davolt | Public Administrator | |
| Nathan Hoffer | Coroner | |
| Steven Bruce | Sheriff | |
| John Nelson | County Surveyor | |
| Judy Mackey | Treasurer | |
| Carolyn Page | Assessor | |
| Debbi McGinnis | County Collector | collector@polkcountymo.org |
| Susan Entlicher | County Clerk | coclerk@polkcountymo.org |
| Carol Poindexter | Recorder | |
| Vesta Seiner | 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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