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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Dane 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 Dane county, Wisconsin.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Dane county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Dane 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 Dane county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Dane county, Wisconsin allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Dane 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 Dane 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: |
| Kathleen Falk | County Executive | falk@co.dane.wi.us |
| Scott McDonell | County Board Chair, District 1 | mcdonell@co.dane.wi.us |
| David Blaska | Supervisor, District 7 | dblaska@earthlink.net |
| Richard Brown | Supervisor, District 15 | brown.richard@co.dane.wi.us |
| Eileen Bruskewitz | Supervisor, District 25 | bruskewitz@co.dane.wi.us |
| Dave De Felice | Supervisor | |
| Elaine DeSmidt | Supervisor | |
| Don Eggert | Supervisor, District 23 | eggert@co.dane.wi.us |
| Chuck Erickson | Supervisor | chuckerickson@mailbag.com |
| Robert Fyrst | Supervisor, District 8 | fyrst@co.dane.wi.us |
| Duane Gau | Supervisor | |
| Bill Graf | Supervisor, District 24 | graf@co.dane.wi.us |
| Beth Gross | Supervisor | |
| Michael Hanson | Supervisor, District 14 | hanson.michael@co.dane.wi.us |
| John Hendrick | Supervisor, District 6 | hendrick@co.dane.wi.us |
| Brett Hulsey | Supervisor, District 4 | Brett@brett4us.org |
| Gerald Jensen | Supervisor | |
| Jeff Kostelic | Supervisor | |
| Jack Martz | Supervisor, District 33 | martz@co.dane.wi.us |
| Alfred Matano | Supervisor, District 11 | matano@co.dane.wi.us |
| Dennis O'Loughlin | Supervisor, District 22 | denniso@terracom.net |
| Andy Olsen | Supervisor, District 17 | andyo@tds.net |
| Mark Opitz | Supervisor, District 26 | opitz@co.dane.wi.us |
| Rich Pertzborn | Supervisor, District 36 | pertzborn@co.dane.wi.us |
| Kyle Richmond | Supervisor, District 27 | richmond.kyle@co.dane.wi.us |
| David Ripp | Supervisor, District 29 | ripp.david@co.dane.wi.us |
| Paul Rusk | Supervisor, District 12 | rusk@co.dane.wi.us |
| Bob Ruth | Supervisor | |
| Robert Salov | Supervisor, District 37 | salov@co.dane.wi.us |
| Ruth Ann Schoer | Supervisor, District 9 | rschoer@aol.com |
| Echnaton Vedder | Supervisor, District 5 | vedder@co.dane.wi.us |
| Barbara Vetter | Supervisor | |
| Donna Vogel | Supervisor | |
| Vern Wendt | Supervisor, District 28 | wendt@co.dane.wi.us |
| Dorothy Wheeler | Supervisor | |
| David Wiganowsky | Supervisor, District 21 | wiganowsky@co.dane.wi.us |
| Mike Willett | Supervisor | |
| David Worzala | Supervisor | |
| Brian Blanchard | District Attorney | |
| Gary Hamblin | Sheriff | hamblin@co.dane.wi.us |
| David Gawenda | Treasurer | gawenda@co.dane.wi.us |
| Jane Licht | Register of Deeds | licht@co.dane.wi.us |
| Judith Coleman | Clerk of Circuit Court | judy.coleman@wicourts.gov |
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