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County Courthouse
300 South Main Street
Findlay, OH 45840-3309
Phone: (419)424-7044
www.co.hancock.oh.us/

Auction Type: Tax Deed & Tax Lien
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Hancock county, Ohio 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 Hancock county, Ohio.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Edward Ingold	Commissioner
David Spahr	Commissioner
Emily Walton	Commissioner
Robert Fry	Prosecuting Attorney
LeRoy Schroeder	County Coroner
Michael Heldman	County Sheriff
Steve Wilson	County Engineer	scwilson@co.hancock.oh.us
J. Steve Welton	County Treasurer
Charity Raschenberg	Auditor	apiriti@brt.bright.net
Anita Musgrave	County Recorder
Carolyn Schimmel	Clerk of Courts

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