States › North Carolina › Lenoir County

County Courthouse
PO Box 3289
Kinston, NC 28502-3289
Phone: (252) 559-6450
Fax: (252) 559-6454
www.co.lenoir.nc.us/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Lenoir 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 Lenoir county, North Carolina.

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

To solve this problem Lenoir county, North Carolina allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Lenoir 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 Lenoir 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:
George Graham Jr.	Chair Commissioner	gwgrahamjr@cox.net
Jackie Brown	Commissioner
Claude Davis	Commissioner
Earl Harper	Commissioner	eharp@earthlink.net
Chris Humphrey	Commissioner	a062459@allstate.com
Wayne Pittman	Commissioner	a081322@allstate.com
Paul Taylor	Commissioner, Vice Chair
William Smith	Sheriff	wsmith@co.lenoir.nc.us
Margaret Seymour	Register of Deeds	mseymour@co.lenoir.nc.us

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