States › New Mexico › Rio Arriba County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 1256
Espanola, NM 87532-1256
Phone: (505) 753-2992
Fax: (505) 753-9397

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba county, New Mexico.

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

To solve this problem Rio Arriba county, New Mexico allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Rio Arriba 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 Rio Arriba 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:
Andrew Chavez	Commissioner, District 2	ajchavez@cybermesa.com
Elias Coriz	Commissioner, District 1	elias@cybermesa.com
Felipe Martinez	Commissioner, District 3	fdmartinez@rio-arriba.org
Joe Mascare	Sheriff	jmmartinez@rio-arriba.org
Livia Olguin	Treasurer	liviaolguin@rio-arriba.org
Arthur Rodarte	Assessor	ahrodarte@rio-arriba.org
J. Fred Vigil	County Clerk	jfvigil@rio-arriba.org

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