WY
The investor buys a lien on the property. The owner keeps title and can redeem by paying the lien plus interest or penalty.
Sale type
Tax lien
Redemption
Not documented
Interest / penalty
Flat rate · 15%
Sale timing
Annual
Rules in plain English
Sale type
Tax lien
The investor buys a lien on the property. The owner keeps title and can redeem by paying the lien plus interest or penalty.
W.S. 39-13-108
“shall make out, sign and deliver a certificate of purchase to the purchaser, or to the county in the event real property was bid in for the county without fee”official source ↗
Redemption period
Not documented
Not documented
W.S. 39-13-109
“may be redeemed by the legal owner after the date of sale but before a valid tax deed application has been filed and accepted by the county treasurer”official source ↗
Interest / penalty
Flat rate · 15%
15% flat per year.
W.S. 39-13-109
“Three percent (3%); plus (II) Interest at eight percent (8%) per annum since the date of sale except fifteen percent (15%) per annum on all property sold at date of 1982 tax sale and thereafter”official source ↗
Bid method
Minimum bid (no bidding up)
The sale is at a fixed minimum bid, with no bidding above it.
W.S. 39-13-108
“Any person who offers to pay the amount of taxes, interest, penalties and costs including charges provided by paragraph (ix) of this subsection due on any real property is considered the purchaser thereof”official source ↗
Sale schedule
Annual
Sales are held about once a year.
W.S. 39-13-108
“the first publication to be at least four (4) weeks prior to the day of sale and prior to the first week in September”official source ↗
Redemption detail
- Base period
- Not documented
- Starts from
- the sale date
- Notice days
- Not documented
- Exceptions
- Not documented
Bidder process
- 01Watch for the county treasurer's published notice of sale, which is published once a week for three weeks in a legal newspaper in the county, with the first publication at least four weeks before the day of sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(ii)(A))
- 02Read the notice for the taxes, interest and penalties due and the date, time of opening and place of sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(ii)(B))
- 03Attend the sale at the county courthouse or county building, held between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Sundays excluded, and adjourned from day to day until all lands are sold (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(A))
- 04Buy by offering to pay the amount of taxes, interest, penalties and costs due; the first person who so offers is considered the purchaser (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B))
- 05Pay the county treasurer all amounts due immediately; if you fail to pay, the property is again offered for sale and you are disqualified, and property that draws no bid is bid in for the county (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B))
- 06Take the certificate of purchase the county treasurer signs and delivers after the sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(C))
- 07If the property is not redeemed, apply for a tax deed not less than four nor more than six years from the date of the original sale, upon return of the certificate, payment of fees and proof of compliance with the notice requirements (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(v)(A))
- Registration
- Not documented
- Registration mode
- Not documented
- Registration deadline
- Not documented
- Registration fee
- Not documented
- Deposit required
- Not documented
- Deposit amount
- Not documented
- Deposit percent
- Not documented
- Deposit refundable
- Not documented
- Sale format
- in_person
- Payment deadline
- at the sale: the person who offers to pay the taxes, interest, penalties and costs is considered the purchaser and must immediately pay the county treasurer all amounts due, or the property is again offered and the original purchaser is disqualified (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B))
- Payment methods
- unknown
- Residency required
- Not documented
- Property that cannot be sold for the taxes, interest, penalties and costs is bid in for the county by the county treasurer (W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B))
W.S. 39-13-108(e)(ii)(A)
“If the county treasurer proceeds to collect delinquent taxes by sale of real property, he shall advertise notice of all sales of real property by publication thereof, once a week for three (3) weeks in a legal newspaper in the county, the first publication to be at least four (4) weeks prior to the day of sale and prior to the first week in September.”official source ↗
W.S. 39-13-108(e)(ii)(B)
“Notices of sale of real property for payment of delinquent taxes shall:”official source ↗
W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(A)
“Sales of real property shall be held at the county courthouse or county building between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Sundays excluded, and may be adjourned from day-to-day until all lands are sold;”official source ↗
W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(B)
“Any person who offers to pay the amount of taxes, interest, penalties and costs including charges provided by paragraph (ix) of this subsection due on any real property is considered the purchaser thereof. The purchaser shall immediately pay the county treasurer all amounts due on the real property in the absence of which the real property shall again be offered for sale and the original purchaser disqualified. Any real property which cannot be sold for the amount of taxes, interest, penalties and costs shall be bid in for the county by the county treasurer.”official source ↗
W.S. 39-13-108(e)(iii)(C)
“Following completion of the sale the county treasurer upon payment of the fee provided by subparagraph (ix)(B) of this subsection shall make out, sign and deliver a certificate of purchase to the purchaser, or to the county in the event real property was bid in for the county without fee.”official source ↗
W.S. 39-13-108(e)(v)(A)
“The county treasurer shall accept applications and issue tax deeds for unredeemed real property subject to a certificate of purchase not less than four (4) nor more than six (6) years from the date of the original sale for taxes to the person in whose name the certificate of purchase was delivered or his assigns upon proper application, return of the certificate of purchase, payment of fees and proof of compliance with the notice requirements of this section”official source ↗
Lincoln County Treasurer, Tax Sale (county government page)
“Payments must be made in the form of check or cash. We do not accept credit/debit cards.”official source ↗
Notes
Certificate of purchase sold at the county tax sale; 15% interest + 3% penalty; tax deed issued not less than 4 nor more than 6 years from sale (W.S. 39-13-108(e)). Official Wyoming Statutes; confirmed by official county treasurer pages (Laramie, Sheridan). | Prose: lien | 3% penalty + 15%/yr interest on redemption | until valid tax deed application filed and accepted (deed not earlier than 4 yrs from sale) | purchaser pays taxes, interest, penalties and costs due | August-September (sale advertised by first publication before first week in September)