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County Courthouse
5 Highland Avenue
Petersburg, WV 26847-1705
Phone: (304) 257-4422
Fax: (304) 257-9645

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:


If Grant county, West Virginia 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 Grant county, West Virginia.

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

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

Why would investors do this?

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

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
Charles Goldizen Jr.Commissioner, Chair 
Jeff BargerCommissioner 
James WilsonCommissioner 
Dennis Di BendettoProsecuting Attorney 
Ralph LaytonCounty Assessor 
Harold HiserCounty Clerk 
Betty MoomauCircuit Clerkgccc@mountain.net

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


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