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County Courthouse
516 Third Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104-2305
Phone: (206) 296-0100
Fax: (206) 296-0198
www.metrokc.gov

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:


If King 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 King county, Washington.

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

To solve this problem King county, Washington allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the King 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 King 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: 
Ron SimsCounty Executiveron.sims@metrokc.gov
Dow ConstantineCouncilmember, District 8dow.constantine@metrokc.gov
Reagan DunnCouncilmember, District 9reagan.dunn@metrokc.gov
Bob FergusonCouncilmember, District 1bob.ferguson@metrokc.gov
Larry GossettCouncilmember, District 2larry.gossett@metrokc.gov
Jane HagueCouncilmember, District 6jane.hague@metrokc.gov
Kathy LambertCouncilmember, District 3kathy.lambert@metrokc.gov
Julia PattersonCouncilmember, District 5julia.patterson@metrokc.gov
Larry PhillipsCouncilmember, District 4larry.phillips@metrokc.gov
Peter Von ReichbauerCouncilmember, District 7pete.vonreichbauer@metrokc.gov
Paul TanakaCounty Administrative Officerpaul.tanaka@metrock.gov
Norm MalengProsecuting Attorneyprosecuting.attorney@metrokc.g
David ReichertCounty Sheriffdave.reichert@metrokc.gov
Scott NobleCounty Assessorassessor.info@metrokc.gov

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