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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Polk 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 Polk county, Wisconsin.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Polk county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Polk 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 Polk county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Polk county, Wisconsin allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Polk 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 Polk 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: |
| Robert Blake | County Board Chair | |
| Marlin Baillargeon | Supervisor | |
| Gary Bergstrom | Supervisor | |
| John Bonneprise | Supervisor | |
| Charles Hansen | Supervisor | |
| Stan Heiderscheidt | Supervisor | |
| Carl Holmgren | Supervisor | |
| William Hughes | Supervisor | |
| Larry Jepsen | Supervisor | |
| Ralph Johansen | Supervisor | |
| William Johnson IV | Supervisor | |
| Timothy Kufalk | Supervisor | |
| Michael Larsen | Supervisor | |
| Rodney Littlefield | Supervisor | |
| Gerald Newville | Supervisor | |
| Thomas Nilssen Jr. | Supervisor | |
| Kim O'Connell | Supervisor | |
| John Overby | Supervisor | |
| Dwayne Rasmussen | Supervisor | |
| Keith Rediske | Supervisor | |
| Eugene Sollman | Supervisor | |
| John Standing | Supervisor | |
| Gail Tessman | Supervisor | |
| Karen Smith | District Attorney | smith.Karen@mail.da.state.wi.u |
| Ann Hraychuck | Sheriff | AnnH@co.polk.wi.us |
| Catherine Albrecht | County Clerk | cathya@co.polk.wi.us |
| Laurie Anderson | Register of Deeds | regdeeds@co.polk.wi.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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