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County Courthouse
315 Madison Street, Room 103
Port Clinton, OH 43452-1943
Phone: (419)734-6710
www.co.ottawa.oh.us

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

Tax Sale Overview:

If Ottawa 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 Ottawa county, Ohio.

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

To solve this problem Ottawa county, Ohio allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Ottawa 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 Ottawa 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:
John Papcun	Commissioner, President	jpapcun@co.ottawa.oh.us
Steven Arndt	Commissioner	sarndt@co.ottawa.oh.us
Carl Koebel	Commissioner	ckoebel@co.ottawa.oh.us
Mark Mulligan	Prosecuting Attorney
Jerome McTague	Coroner
Robert Bratton	Sheriff
David Brunkhorst	County Engineer	jfrias@co.ottawa.oh.us
Jacqueline Chapman	County Treasurer
James Snider	County Auditor
Virginia Park	County Recorder
JoAn Monnett	Clerk of Courts

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.

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