From WOOD COUNTY AUDITOR’S OFFICE
Wood County Auditor Matthew Oestreich will hold a forfeited land sale on Tuesday, Nov. 25, beginning at 1:30 p.m., in the hearing room on the fifth floor of the County Office Building in Bowling Green. The sale will be a public auction and the properties, which are being offered due to non-payment of taxes, will be sold to the highest bidder. Each property has been forfeited to the state after failing to sell at the sheriff’s sale.
“It’s my intent to sell all of the available properties so that they can return to productive use on Wood County’s tax rolls,” said Oestreich.
A list of parcels is available at the Wood County Auditor’s Office or online at https://auditor.co.wood.oh.us/. These properties are located in five different taxing districts in the county as follows: Bradner, Bowling Green, Hoytville, Milton Center, and Weston.
There are four parcels and two manufactured homes listed for sale at this date. However, if prior to sale time, the delinquent tax charges are paid by the owners, the parcels will be removed from the list.
Registration for the sale will begin at 12:45 p.m. in the fifth floor hearing room. Interested parties are encouraged to make prior inquiries to be assured of the location of the property. The successful bidder will receive an auditor’s deed for each parcel for the purchase price plus $5.50 deed and transfer fee. For manufactured homes, there will be a $5.50 certificate of sale fee plus a $21 title fee. Bidders are cautioned that this would not necessarily extinguish any federal tax liens that may have been imposed on the parcel.
The successful bidder will have no delinquent real estate tax liability for the parcels purchased and will receive the tax bill for the first half of 2025 tax settlement due February 2026. More information can be found online at https://auditor.co.wood.oh.us/.
