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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Washoe county, Nevada 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 Washoe county, Nevada.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Washoe county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Washoe 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 Washoe county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Washoe county, Nevada allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Washoe county, Nevada lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Nevada laws and competition, savvy Washoe county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Nevada tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Nevada tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Robert Larkin | Commissioner, Chair | rlarkin@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Jim Galloway | Commissioner, District 1 | rlencion@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| David Humke | Commissioner, District 2 | dhumke@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Pete Sferrazza | Commissioner, District 3 | psferraz@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Bonnie Weber | Commissioner, District 5 | bweber@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Richard Gammick | District Attorney | rgammick@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Dennis Balaam | Sheriff | dbalaam@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Bill Berrum | Treasurer | bberrum@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Robert McGowan | Assessor | rmcgowan@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Amy Harvey | Clerk | aharvey@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
| Kathy Burke | Recorder | kburke@mail.co.washoe.nv.us |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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