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County Courthouse
1200 Franklin Street, PO Box 5000
Vancouver, WA 98660-2812
Phone: (360) 397-2232
Fax: (360) 397-6032
www.clark.wa.gov

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Clark county, Washington 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 Clark county, Washington.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Betty Sue MorrisCommissioner, Chair, District 1bettysue.morris@clark.wa.gov
Marc BoldtCommissioner, District 2marc.boldt@clark.wa.gov
Steve StuartCommissioner, District 3steve.stuart@clark.wa.gov
Arthur CurtisProsecuting Attorneyart.curtis@clark.wa.gov
Dennis WickhamMedical Examinerdennis.wickham@clark.wa.gov
Garry LucasCounty Sheriffgarry.lucas@clark.wa.gov
Doug LasherCounty Treasurerdoug.lasher@clark.wa.gov
Greg KimseyCounty AuditorGREG.KIMSEY@CO.CLARK.WA.US
Linda FranklinCounty Assessorlinda.franklin@clark.wa.gov
JoAnne McBrideCounty Clerkjoanne.mcbride@clark.wa.gov

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