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Tax Sale Overview:

If Providence county, Rhode Island 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 Providence county, Rhode Island.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

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

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