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County Courthouse
341 East Main Street
Dayton, WA 99328-1361
Phone: (509) 382-4542
Fax: (509) 382-2490
www.columbiaco.com

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Columbia 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 Columbia county, Washington.

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

To solve this problem Columbia county, Washington allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Columbia 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 Columbia 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: 
Dwight RobanskeCommissioner, Chair, District 1commissioners@co.columbia.wa.u
Richard JonesCommissioner, District 2commissioners@co.columbia.wa.u
Charles ReevesCommissioner, District 3commissioners@co.columbia.wa.u
Colleen FennProsecuting Attorney/Coronercfenn@dshs.wa.gov
Michael BerglundCounty Sheriffccso@webmail.bmi.net
K. Kay Britton-VachalCounty Treasurerkay_vachal@co.columbia.wa.us
Chris MillerCounty Assessorchris_miller@co.columbia.wa.us
Sharon RichterCounty Clerksharon_richter@co.columbia.wa.

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


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