Minimum Bid sheet (Click
Here) and foreclosure packet can be
picked up at the Treasurer's Office. A new list will be posted in September for the Minimum Bid
Sheet. It will change each time a parcel has been redeemed until the day before
the sale.
FORECLOSURE SALE
You or your
agent must be present to bid in the oral auction. If you wish to bid, you
will be asked to register at the Commissioner’s Chambers in the Asotin
County Courthouse Annex the morning prior to the sale. You will be given a
bidding number card. Only those with a bidding card will be recognized when
the bidding takes place. The successful bidder must be prepared to pay
for the property immediately after the sale.
No time will be allowed for bidders to
leave the sale to get funds.
Only cash or cashier’s check will be accepted.
Once the receipt is issued, the sale is concluded.
You will be
charged a fee for the preparation of the Treasurer’s Deed and the filing of
the excise tax affidavit and the deed. Your deed will be recorded and
returned to you within 30 days of the sale.
Once property
is sold in a Treasurer’s Foreclosure Sale there is no redemption period
unless the legal owner is a minor or considered legally incompetent. (RCW
84.64.070)
Properties not
sold become the property of the County. A separate procedure exists which
allows this property to be sold as county Tax Title Property.
Generally, all liens on foreclosed properties are extinguished. However, the
county can make no guarantees that the prior lien holders will honor this
extinguishment. If prior lien holders attempt to collect on their
liens after the property has been foreclosed on, it is entirely up to the
new owner to defend against these claims. (RCW
84.64.080)
The interested
party must do all research. Normally this would include checking maps in the
Assessor’s Office and checking with the Public Works department to inquire
about the appropriate use of the land.
An onsite inspection should be made.
(Please Be Advised: These parcels are privately owned until the
conclusion of the auction. Any site inspection of the listed parcels must be
done with the authorization of the current parcel owner. Anyone inspecting
these parcels from anywhere other than the access point does so without
authorization of Asotin County. Please respect the property rights of the
parcel owners.)
Just because a property looks desirable on a map does not mean it is in
actuality. A map does not show the topography such as ravines, hills,
slopes, etc., nor does the map show what is on the property (dense growth,
boulders, debris, garbage, etc.). Easements are not extinguished by the
foreclosure sale but remain with the land. You may not block the easement or
try to extort money out of the users.
The parcels of
land are offered where is and as is without any representation or warranty,
expressed or implied. No claim will be considered for allowance or
adjustment or for rescission of the sale based upon failure of the property
to conform to any representation, express or implied.
It is up
to you to know exactly what you are bidding on. We cannot stress this
enough.
The foreclosure
sale is scheduled for (NO SALE, all parcels redeemed) and is held in the County
Commissioner’s Chambers, Asotin County Courthouse Annex, Asotin, Washington.
The Treasurer’s
Office does not have any access to these properties.
Holly Schiffer,
Foreclosure Clerk
PO Box 99
Asotin WA
99402
Phone: (509)
243-2010
FAX: (509)
243-2023
E-mail:
hschiffer@co.asotin.wa.us