States › Washington › Grant County

County Courthouse
35 C Street NW
Ephrata, WA 98823-1685
Phone: (509) 754-2011
Fax: (509) 754-6098
www.co.grant.wa.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Grant 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 Grant county, Washington.

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

To solve this problem Grant county, Washington allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Grant 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 Grant 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:
LeRoy Allison	Commissioner, Chair, District 2	lallison@co.grant.wa.us
Deborah Moore	Commissioner, District 3	dmoore@co.grant.wa.us
Richard Stevens	Commissioner, District 1	rstevens@co.grant.wa.us
John Knodell	Prosecuting Attorney	gcpa@televar.com
Jerry Jasman	County Coroner	coroner@grantcountycoroner.org
Frank DeTrolio	County Sheriff	sheriff@grantcounty-wa.com
Darryl Pheasant	County Treasurer	dpheasant@grantcounty-wa.com
Bill Varney	County Auditor	bvarney@grantcounty-wa.com
Laure Grammer	County Assessor	lgrammer@co.grant.wa.us
Kenneth Kunes	County Clerk	kkunes@grantcounty-wa.com

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

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