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Invest In Martin County How Do I Pay My Deposit? pay is listed on the auction schedule. If your final payment

Deposits are accepted by ACH initiated on the auction is returned as invalid for any reason, you may forfeit your
What Is A Tax Certificate? website and must be made before bids can be submitted. security deposit and certificate purchases.
How Do I Submit My Bids? What Is An ACH Debit?
A tax certificate is a You can submit your bids on the bid page individually, An ACH debit is an electronic payment from your
first lien against real estate as a group (using a saved list), or via a file upload. You checking or savings account. When you enter your bank
(not the owner) and can must complete all the registration steps before you are account information and submit payment on the auction
become the basis for a allowed to submit bids. website, you are authorizing the tax collector to debit your
tax deed application. The How Do I Pay For Certificate Purchases? account for the amount you indicated. All payments are
tax certificate sale is not Payment must be made by ACH. The balance due sent for processing immediately. Additional information is
a sale of real property, for your purchases will be automatically debited from available on the page where you authorize payment.
nor does a tax certificate the bank account you designated as your “final payment Funds must be drawn from a United States financial
give the certificate holder account” at the designated final payment deadline. If you institution. Some types of money market, brokerage, and/
a direct means to acquire wish to manually make your payment prior to the final or trust accounts cannot accept ACH debits. Please check
a property. According to payment deadline, please go to the “Payments and Budget” with your financial institution prior to initiating payment
Florida Statute 197.432 page under “My Account” and click “Pay for Certificates.” on the website.
(13), “The holder of a tax certificate may not directly, The button is activated once the last batch in the sale closes Ruth Pietruszewski,
through an agent, or otherwise initiate contact with the and any final data updates are complete. The deadline to Martin County Tax Collector
owner of property upon which he or she holds a tax
certificate to encourage or demand payment until two years
after April 1 of the year of issuance of the tax certificate.”
It is your sole responsibility to research any tax lien
certificates you intend to buy. You can see additional property
and tax information for any item by clicking on the account
or parcel number on the auction website. Research any
advertised items carefully before submitting bids. There are
potential risks associated with tax certificate purchases. All
purchases in the tax certificate sale are final.
When Does The Tax Certificate Sale Take Place?
The 2023 Martin County Tax Certificate Sale will be
available starting on May 10, and closes June 1. Items
for sale are advertised (in a local newspaper and on the
auction website).
• Bidders can begin to register for the sale (submit W-9
forms, pay deposits, get bidder numbers).
• Bidders can begin to submit bids.
Starting on, or before, June 1
• Bid submission ends.
• Sale results are generated.
For exact dates, please see the auction schedule. All
activity related to registration, bidding, and certificate awards
takes place on the auction website, Lienhub.com.
How Do I Register For The Sale?
All bidders who wish to participate in the sale must
perform the following steps on the auction website:
• Obtain a User ID and password for the website
by clicking the “Register” link on the home page and
completing the required form.
• Submit an IRS W-9 form.
• Submit information necessary to process redemption
payments by the Automated Clearing House (ACH) system.
• Set a budget amount (the most you are willing to
spend in the sale).
• Pay a deposit of at least 10 percent of your anticipated
purchases.
• Submit a Single Bidder Agreement.
Please note that you can only submit or modify your
W-9, or make a security deposit while a sale is open. You
will be assigned a bidder number after you successfully
submit your W-9.
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