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County Courthouse
400 DeWitt Street, PO Box 177
Portage, WI 53901-0177
Phone: (608) 742-2191
Fax: (608) 742-9602
www.co.columbia.wi.us/

Auction Type: Tax Deed
Bidding Method: Bid up

Tax Sale Overview:


If Columbia county, Wisconsin 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 Columbia county, Wisconsin.

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

To solve this problem Columbia county, Wisconsin allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Columbia county, Wisconsin lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Wisconsin laws and competition, savvy Columbia county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Wisconsin tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Wisconsin tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Susan MartinCounty Board Chairsusan.martin@co.columbia.wi.us
Robert AndlerSupervisor 
Philip BaeblerSupervisor 
Harlan BaumgartnerSupervisor 
Richard BoockmeierSupervisor 
Vincent CurtisSupervisor 
John Robert CurtisSupervisor 
Don DeYoungSupervisor 
Neil FordSupervisornford@bus.wisc.edu
Robert HameleSupervisor 
John HealySupervisor 
Harlan HortonSupervisor 
Kenneth HutlerSupervisor 
Tom JenkinsSupervisor 
Michael KinneySupervisor 
Sarah LloydSupervisor 
Donald NelsonSupervisor 
Timothy O'NeilSupervisor 
Kenneth OlsonSupervisor 
Barry PufahlSupervisor 
James PughSupervisor 
Claire RobsonSupervisor 
Andy RossSupervisor 
Gerald SalzwedelSupervisor 
Jack SandersonSupervisorjsanderson@commerce.state.wi.u
John StevensonSupervisor 
Robert StoltenbergSupervisor 
John TramburgSupervisor 
Robert WestbySupervisor 
Debra WopatSupervisor 
Jane KohlweyDistrict Attorneykohlwey.jane@mail.da.state.wi.
Steven RoweSheriffsteven.rowe@co.columbia.wi.us
Deborah RaimerTreasurerdeborah.raimer@co.columbia.wi.

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


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