States › New Mexico › Taos County

County Courthouse
105 Albright Street, Suite A
Taos, NM 87571-6170
Phone: (505) 737-6300
www.taoscounty.org/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Taos 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 Taos county, New Mexico.

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

To solve this problem Taos county, New Mexico allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Taos 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 Taos 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:
Nicklos Jaramillo	Commissioner, Chair, District 4	reneev@taosnet.com
Virgil Martinez	Commissioner, District 2	reneev@taosnet.com
Emanuel Pacheco	Commissioner, District 2	eelmanny@aol.com
Gabriel Romero	Commissioner, District 3	commgabe@aol.com
Don Francisco Trujillo II	Commissioner, District 1	dft@newmex.com
Donald Gallegos	District Attorney, District 8
Charlie Martinez	Sheriff	charliem@taosnet.com
Evangeline Romero	Treasurer	vangie@taosnet.com
Margie Abeyta	Assessor	margiev@taoscounty.org
Elaine Montano	Deputy Clerk	elaine_montano@taoscounty.org

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