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 deadline to place a $200 bid to put a property into the next Private Tax Sale auction (to be held in March) is December 29, 2023, at 4:00pm.  The list of Properties Available for Sale can be found below. 

ATTENTION:  The Judicial Sale for 2023 is closed.  No additional properties will be accepted for the Judicial Sale list for 2024 until further notice.  In lieu of a Judicial Sale, consider placing a property in for the next available Private Sale. Remember, Private Sales do not divest any liens, mortgages, judgments or municipal utilities, so you are cautioned, as always, to have a complete title search done on any property.

Please call (814) 472-1445 with questions.