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County Courthouse
155 N First Avenue, Suite 300, MS 22
Hillsboro, OR 97124-
Phone: (503) 846-8681
Fax: (503) 693-4545
www.co.washington.or.us/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Washington county, Oregon 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 Washington county, Oregon.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

Elected Public Officials:

Name:	Position:	Email:
Tom Brian	Commissioner, Chairman	tom_brian@co.washington.or.us
Andy Duyck	Commissioner, District 4	cao@co.washington.or.us
John Leeper	Commissioner, District 2	john_leeper@co.washington.or.u
Roy Rogers	Commissioner, District 3	cao@co.washington.or.us
Dick Schouten	Commissioner, District 1	dick_schouten@co.washington.or
Robert Hermann	District Attorney
Rob Gordon	Sheriff
Alan Percell	Auditor	alan_percell@co.washington.or.

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

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