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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If DeWitt county, Texas 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 DeWitt county, Texas.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of DeWitt county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a DeWitt 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 DeWitt county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem DeWitt county, Texas allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the DeWitt county, Texas lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Texas laws and competition, savvy DeWitt county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Texas tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Texas tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Ben Prause | County Judge | dewittcojudge@gvec.net |
| Curtis Afflerbach | Commissioner | |
| Joe Machalec | Commissioner, Precinct 3 | |
| Gilbert Pargmann | Commissioner, Precinct 3 | |
| Alfred Rangnow Sr. | Commissioner, Precinct 4 | |
| Raymond Reese | County Attorney | |
| Michael Sheppard | District Attorney | |
| Joe Zavesky | Sheriff | zavesky@txcr.net |
| Billy Beldin | Constable | |
| Steve Wehlmann Sr. | Constable | |
| Peggy Ledbetter | Treasurer | dewitttreas@dewittec.net |
| Barbara Foegelle | Auditor | |
| Susie Dreyer | Tax Assessor Collector | dewitttax@dewittec.net |
| Elva Petersen | County Clerk | dewittcc@dewittec.net |
| Tabeth Gardner | District Clerk | dewittdistclk@dewittec.net |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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