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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Douglas 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 Douglas county, Wisconsin.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Douglas county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Douglas 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 Douglas county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Douglas county, Wisconsin allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Douglas 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 Douglas 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: |
| Douglas Finn | County Board Chair, District 19 | dgfinn@douglascountywi.org |
| Keith Allen | Supervisor, District 3 | keith522@yahoo.com |
| Nick Baker | Supervisor | |
| Robert Browne | Supervisor, District 20 | |
| Woody Budnick | Supervisor | |
| David Conley | Supervisor, District 5 | |
| Daniel Corbin | Supervisor | |
| Gerald Egan | Supervisor | |
| Michael Glenn | Supervisor, District 18 | |
| Susan Hendrickson | Supervisor | |
| Alan Jaques | Supervisor | |
| Jan Jensen | Supervisor | janj@obvion.com |
| Carol Johnson | Supervisor, District 28 | |
| Kay Johnson | Supervisor, District 24 | |
| Mark Liebaert | Supervisor | |
| Karen Livingston | Supervisor | |
| Lewis Martin | Supervisor, District 11 | |
| Kathryn McKenzie | Supervisor | |
| James O'Brien | Supervisor, District 6 | |
| John O'Brien | Supervisor, District 17 | |
| Bean Prettie | Supervisor, District 9 | bean@chartermi.net |
| Lawrence Quam | Supervisor | |
| John Robinson | Supervisor | jlrflash@aol.com |
| Patricia Ryan | Supervisor | |
| Thomas Stewart | Supervisor | |
| John Sweeney | Supervisor | |
| Rich Thompson | Supervisor | |
| Dan Blank | District Attorney | |
| Susan Sandvick | County Clerk | sue.sandvick@douglascountywi.o |
| Kathy Hanson | Register of Deeds | kfhanson@douglascountywi.org |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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