The Tax Claim Office is responsible for the collection of delinquent school, municipal and county real estate property taxes and it prepares and conducts County tax sales. The office’s mission is to maintain public records of all real estate which possess unpaid taxes and to issue tax lien information when real estate is transferred accordingly.

IMPORTANT NOTICES:

The 2024 Upset Tax Sale 30 day Objection Period will end on November 12, 2024. Deeds will not be recorded until closer to Thanksgiving, or the beginning of December.  We will notify buyers by mail when the deeds are ready to pick up from our office, after they have been recorded.

The next Private Tax Sale will be held in March, 2025.  The exact date has not been determined.  AS OF OCTOBER 1, 2024, 2:30PM, WE HAVE REACHED OUR CAP – NO ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES WILL BE PUT ON THE LIST FOR THE MARCH 2025 PRIVATE TAX SALE.  Any bids brought in after this time will be for a future Private Tax Sale, most likely in June 2025.

ALL PRIVATE SALES WILL HAVE A CAP OF 50 PROPERTIES.  EACH BIDDER WILL BE PERMITTED TO PUT UP TO FOUR PROPERTIES ON THE LIST, PER SALE.  This will not preclude anyone from bidding on all eligible properties at the auction. 

Stay tuned for details on our next Judicial Tax Sale, which we hope to schedule in early January, 2025.  Please note: we already have properties requested for this Judicial Sale as well as the next, so we will not be taking additional judicial requests at this time.

Please call (814) 472-1445 with questions.