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County Courthouse
111 Washington Street
Whiteville, NC 28472-3323
Phone: (910) 640-6630
Fax: (910) 642-2386
www.columbusco.org

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Columbus county, North Carolina 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 Columbus county, North Carolina.

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

To solve this problem Columbus county, North Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Columbus county, North Carolina lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on North Carolina laws and competition, savvy Columbus county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with North Carolina tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with North Carolina tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Sammie JacobsChair Commissioner, District 3columbus@columbusco.org
David Dutton Jr.Commissioner, District 7columbus@columbusco.org
Kipling GodwinCommissioner, Vice Chair, District kgodwin@columbusco.org
Amon McKenzieCommissioner, District 1columbus@columbusco.org
Bill MemoryCommissioner, District 4columbus@columbusco.org
Lynwood NorrisCommissioner, District 5columbus@columbusco.org
James PrevatteCommissioner 
Chris BattenSheriffcbatten@columbusco.net
Kandance WhiteheadRegister of Deedsccdeeds@weblnk.net

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