States › New Mexico › Chaves County

County Courthouse
PO Box 1817
Roswell, NM 88202-1817
Phone: (505) 624-6600
Fax: (505) 624-6631
www.co.chaves.nm.us/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Chaves county, New Mexico 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 Chaves county, New Mexico.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Harold Hobson	Commissioner, Chair, District 2	sandra@co.chaves.nm.us
Alice Eppers	Commissioner, District 3	sandra@co.chaves.nm.us
Sue Gutierrez	Commissioner, Precinct 5	sandra@co.chaves.nm.us
Richard Taylor	Commissioner, District 4	sandra@co.chaves.nm.us
Michael Trujillo	Commissioner, District 1	michael_a_trujillo@msn.com
Patrick Jennings	Sheriff	prjsheriff@trailnet.com
Anita Maner	Treasurer	anitam@co.chaves.nm.us
Mark Willard	Assessor	ccamw@co.chaves.nm.us
Rhoda Coakley	Clerk	coclerk@co.chaves.nm.us
Rhoda Goodloe	Chief Deputy Clerk	coclerk@trailnet.com

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