(Sign In)
States › Ohio Quick › Mercer County
|
County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed & Tax Lien |
|
Tax Sale Overview:
If Mercer 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 Mercer county, Ohio.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Mercer county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Mercer 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 Mercer county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Mercer county, Ohio allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Mercer 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 Mercer 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: |
| Jim Zehringer | Commissioner, President | commissioners@mercercountyohio |
| Jerry Laffin | Commissioner | commissioners@mercercountyohio |
| Bob Nuding | Commissioner | |
| Andrew Hinders | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| Timothy Heinrichs | County Coroner | |
| Jeff Grey | County Sheriff | |
| James Wiechart | County Engineer | augcoeng@bright.net |
| Doris Ruthschilling | Treasurer | |
| Roger Schweiterman | Auditor | auditor@mercercountyohio.org |
| Tamara Barger | County Recorder | |
| James Highley | Clerk of Courts | clerk@mercercountyohio.org |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
AL | AK | AZ | AR | CA | CO | CT | DE | FL | GA | HI | IA | ID | IL | IN | KS | KY | LA | ME | MD | MA | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WA | WV | WI | WY
