States › Oregon › Wheeler County

County Courthouse
701 Adams Street
Fossil, OR 97830-0447
Phone: (541) 763-2400
Fax: (541) 763-2026

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Wheeler 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 Wheeler county, Oregon.

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

To solve this problem Wheeler county, Oregon allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Wheeler 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 Wheeler 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:
Jeanne Burch	County Judge	jburch@ncesd.k12.or.us
H. John Asher	Commissioner
Kenneth Bond	Commissioner
Thomas Cutsforth	District Attorney	cutsforth@ncesd.k12.or.us
David Rouse	Sheriff	sheriff@ncesd.k12.or.us
Bob Bagett	Surveyor
Nancy Misener	Treasurer	nmisener@ncesd.k12.or.us
Donald Cossitt	Assessor	dcossitt@ncesd.k12.or.us
Barbara Sitton	County Clerk	bsitton@ncesd.k12.or.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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