Amador County – Amador County Tax Collector and Treasurer Michael E. Ryan announced last week that a public auction of tax-defaulted property will be held 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 7 in the Amador County Board of Supervisors’ Chambers.

Ryan said “parcels become subject to sale by the Tax Collector at the end of five years from the date of tax default. The available parcels will be offered for sale on an oral bid basis for at least the established minimum bid. The parcels will be sold to the highest bidder.”

The primary purposes of the public auction are to collect the unpaid delinquent property taxes that are owed to the County; and, to return the property to a tax-paying status.

Ryan said he “would like to remind interested parties that these parcels must be withdrawn from the sale in the event that the tax amounts due are paid by the day prior to the auction. Parcels may also be withdrawn in the event certain conditions exist that affect the sale parcels.”

Information regarding the auction rules, the terms and conditions of the sale, and a list of the parcels being offered for sale, are available on the County’s website, under “Government,” then “Treasurer/Tax Collector,” then “Tax Sale Information,” and then “2012 Tax Sale.”

The auction list includes 17 parcels or holdings of parcels, as of Jan. 18, with five having been withdrawn. They included a portion of a California Lode mining claim.

For more information contact Ryan at (209) 223-6364. The Board of Supervisors’ Chambers is located in the Amador County Administration Center, 810 Court Street in Jackson.

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