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County-City Building Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Pierce 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 Pierce county, Washington.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Pierce county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Pierce 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 Pierce county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Pierce county, Washington allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Pierce 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 Pierce 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: |
| John Ladenburg | County Executive | jladenb@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Shawn Bunney | Council Chair, District 1 | sbunney@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Roger Bush | County Council Member, District 3 | rbush@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Tim Farrell | County Council Member, District 4 | tfarrell@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Barbara Gelman | County Council Member, District 5 | bgelman@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Calvin Goings | County Council Member, District 2 | cgoings@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Terry Lee | County Council Member, District 7 | tlee1@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Dick Muri | County Council Member, District 6 | dmuri@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Gerry Horne | Prosecuting Attorney | ghorne@co.pierce.wa.us |
| John Howard | County Medical Examiner | jhoward@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Paul Pastor | County Sheriff | pcsheriff@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Pat McCarthy | County Auditor | pmccart@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Patrick Kenney | Budget and Finance Director | pkenney@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Ken Madsen | County Assessor/Treasurer | pcatr@co.pierce.wa.us |
| Kevin Stock | Superior Court Clerk | kstock@co.pierce.wa.us |
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