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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Whatcom 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 Whatcom county, Washington.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Whatcom county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Whatcom 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 Whatcom county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Whatcom county, Washington allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Whatcom 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 Whatcom 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: |
| Pete Kremen | County Executive | pkremen@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Laurie Caskey-Schreiber | Council Chair, District 2A | lcaskeys@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Barbara Brenner | Councilmember, District 3B | bbrenner@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Sam Crawford | Councilmember, District 2B | scrawfor@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Seth Fleetwood | Councilmember, District At-Large | sfleetwood@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Dan McShane | Councilmember, District 1B | dmcshane@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| L. Ward Nelson | Councilmember, District 1A | wnelson@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Carl Weimer | Councilmember, District 3A | cweimer@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Dave McEachran | Prosecuting Attorney | dmceachr@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Gary Goldfogel | County Medical Examiner | medicalexaminer@co.whatcom.wa. |
| Bill Elfo | County Sheriff | belfo@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Barbara Cory | County Treasurer | bcory@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Shirley Forslof | County Auditor | sforslof@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| Keith Willnauer | County Assessor | kwillnau@co.whatcom.wa.us |
| N. F. Jackson Jr. | County Clerk | nfjackson@whatcomcounty.us |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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