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The
Thurston
County Treasurer conducts a property tax foreclosure auction pursuant to RCW
84.64. Property whose delinquent taxes are not
redeemed prior to the sale date are sold at a public auction held once a year in January.
The date for this
year’s internet-based foreclosure auction will be January 9,10,11
2012. The foreclosure sale
may reopen Tuesday, January 17, 2012 if all properties are not sold. |
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2. | The
first public notice is published in the Nisqually Valley News, a local newspaper, on Friday, September 9, 2011. If
you would like a copy of this notice send a self-addressed stamped envelope
around that time or visit our web site at
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/treasurer. We do not maintain a
mailing list. |
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The
final notice will be published Tuesday,
January 3, 2012 on the
Thurston County Treasurer's
web
site at
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/treasurer.
This list will include
the opening bid amounts. |
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4. | A
current list of properties in foreclosure will be available and maintained in
the Treasurer’s Office and on our web site at
http://www.co.thurston.wa.us/treasurer
after September 12, 2011. The list is updated weekly. |
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An open internet based auction is facilitated by
www.bid4assets.com; the property is awarded to the highest bidder. All sales are final. Property is sold "as is".
Research thoroughly before you bid. Purchasers are urged to examine property
title, location and desirability prior to bidding. Recorded easements
are not extinguished by a tax sale. Payment
must be via wire transfer or in person in the form of cash or cashiers check. Payment must be
received by Friday, January 13, 2012 - see schedule on Bid4Assets website. The County does not finance. |
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A representative may purchase
property provided they register at the foreclosure auction web site along with all
auction bidders. |
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Approximately
1 to 20 properties go to sale each year. |
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Properties
are sold free and clear of all liens and encumbrances except Internal Revenue
Service liens and Municipal liens such as Local Improvement District Assessment
liens. |
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A
tax deed is issued within 30 days in the name of the purchaser. |
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There
is no right of redemption period except if the property were that of a minor or
any person adjudicated to be legally incompetent. In this case the property may be redeemed within three
years. |
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Properties that do not sell at the foreclosure sale revert back to the county
and are handled by Melanie Rabaglia, Public Works Real Estate Services
(360)754-4998 x.4
or (360)754-3355 x.7825 or
rabaglm@co.thurston.wa.us. |
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12. | Internet
access to the Thurston County Geodata system is available at www.geodata.org.
Choose Parcel Search and enter the parcel number. When property information
is displayed there is View map of parcel link in the middle of the page. |
