States › Washington › Yakima County

County Courthouse
128 N 2nd Street
Yakima, WA 98901-2639
Phone: (509) 574-1500
Fax: (509) 574-1501
www.co.yakima.wa.us

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid Up

Tax Sale Overview:

If Yakima 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 Yakima county, Washington.

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

To solve this problem Yakima county, Washington allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Yakima 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 Yakima 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:
Ronald Gamache	Commissioner, Chair, District 2	ronald.gamache@co.yakima.wa.us
Michael Leita	Commissioner, District 1	mike.leita@co.yakima.wa.us
Jesse Palacios	Commissioner, District 3	jesse.palacios@co.yakima.wa.us
Ron Zirkle	Prosecuting Attorney	ron.zirkle@co.yakima.wa.us
Maurice Rice	County Coroner	maurice.rice@co.yakima.wa.us
Ken Irwin	County Sheriff	sheriff@co.yakima.wa.us
Ilene Thomspon	County Treasurer	ilene.thomson@co.yakima.wa.us
Dave Cook	County Assessor	dave.cook@co.yakima.wa.us
Kim Eaton	County Clerk	kim.eaton@co.yakima.wa.us

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