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County Courthouse Auction Type: Tax Deed |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Washington 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 Washington county, Wisconsin.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Washington county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Washington 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 Washington county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Washington county, Wisconsin allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Washington 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 Washington 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: |
| Kenneth Miller | County Board Chair | ken.miller@co.washington.wi.us |
| Brian Bausch | Supervisor | bauschbrian@yahoo.com |
| Donald Berchem | Supervisor | dberchem@milwpc.com |
| Charlene Brady | Supervisor | |
| Kenneth Brandt | Supervisor | |
| James Esselmann | Supervisor | |
| Daniel Goetz | Supervisor | |
| Peter Gonnering | Supervisor | |
| Harold Groth | Supervisor | |
| Ralph Hensel | Supervisor | |
| Lawrence Hoffman | Supervisor | lshoffman2002@yahoo.com |
| Donald Kempf | Supervisor | |
| John Kohl | Supervisor | euko@nconnect.net |
| Delores Kruepke | Supervisor | |
| Mary Krumbiegel | Supervisor | |
| Mark McCune | Supervisor | whiteelephant@nconnect.net |
| David Radermacher | Supervisor | |
| Donald Roskopf | Supervisor | droskopf@aol.com |
| Joan Russell | Supervisor | |
| Thomas Sackett | Supervisor | |
| James Schwartz | Supervisor | schwartzj@hnet.net |
| Thomas Smith | Supervisor | tsactt94@hnet.net |
| James Spindler Jr. | Supervisor | |
| John Stern | Supervisor | |
| Daniel Stoffel | Supervisor | danstoffel@prodigy.net |
| Maurice Strupp | Supervisor | |
| Herbert Tennies | Supervisor | |
| Paul Tuchscherer | Supervisor | |
| Deborah Wilke | Supervisor | |
| Todd Martens | District Attorney | |
| Brian Rahn | Sheriff | brian.rahn@co.washington.wi.us |
| Janice Gettelman | Treasurer | janice.gettelman@co.washington |
| Sharon Martin | Register of Deeds | sharon.martin@co.washington.wi |
| Kristine Deiss | Clerk of Circuit Court | kristine.deiss@wicourts.gov |
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