Registration:

Investors are required to furnish name, address, telephone number, fax number (if applicable) and social security number or Federal ID number to the Treasurer’s Office.  The information may be furnished by mail to the Douglas County Treasurer’s Office, 1819 Farnam St, Room H-02 Omaha, NE 68183-0003.  The $50.00 registration fee must accompany the Tax Lien Sale Registration Form.  All registrations must be paid and received by 4:00 P.M., Friday, February 19, 2009 to participate in the 2009 Public Tax Lien Sale, no exceptions!

Be sure to notify Douglas County of any and all address, fax and phone number changes related to your investor number, by contacting Judi at (402) 444-7272 or by e-mail, jroberts@co.douglas.ne.us.  It is imperative we have your current/correct address in order for you to receive your redemption checks.

Time and Place:

The next public tax lien sale will be held March 2, 2009, beginning at 8:00 A.M. Please arrive early, as we begin at exactly 8:00 A.M.  The Civic Center will open at 7:00 A.M. The address is 1819 Farnam Street, LC – Legislative Chambers, Civic Center.

Facilities:

The sale is conducted in the Legislative Chambers of the Douglas County Civic Center.  During the sale, information will be displayed on three (3) 52inch-plasma screens. The room has auditorium seating.  No writing surfaces are available. We recommend you bring a clipboard or tray as a writing surface, as none will be provided. 

There will be a few seats located at tables, at the back of the room, furthest from the screens.  All seating is first come first serve.  You may also wish to bring a light source with you should you need it to read a paper report (a book light, or some other battery-power light that will not detract from the screen).

Please turn off cell phones or place phones on vibrate during the sale.  All calls must be taken outside the Tax Sale Room.  We will not delay the sale while Investors obtain approval from their supervisors.

If you leave the sale early; please be considerate of those still attending the sale and exit quietly.

Parking:

Limited Parking is available at the parking structure located on the NW corner of 18^th and Harney Street.  This garage is connected to the Civic Center through an underground tunnel.  Public parking is not available in the Civic Center itself. There is metered parking available in the area.  Be careful where you park as some meters are for two (2) hours only and some are until 4:30 P.M. only.  Parking time limits are enforced and vehicles may be towed if they are parked for more than the time allowed.

Food and Drink:

There is a half-hour lunch break at midday.  Since this is such a short time, Blimpies Sandwich Shop will take lunch orders at the sale before 8:00 A.M.  Blimpies will deliver the lunches in time for the scheduled lunch break. Box lunches are $6.50 and include a 6” sandwich, chips, cookie and a drink.   You may bring your own lunch.

Sale Process:

Our sale is conducted as a round robin.  Investors agree to buy the liens for the delinquent tax amount including interest and advertising fees.  Each lien is offered to each participant, one by one. If a participant decides to purchase a lien on a property, the following lien is offered to the next investor in line.  If an investor passes up a lien, they forfeit that bid and the lien is offered to the next investor in line (the investor that passed will not get another opportunity for a lien until the bid works full circle back to them).

It is the investor’s responsibility to research properties.  Due to our limited staff and heavy work volume, we do not have the resources to help you do your research.   Prior to the sale, you must obtain the group and item number for each tax lien in which you have an interest.  The tax liens will be offered sequentially by item number.

The tax lien will be offered by item number in SEVEN (7) groups.  The tax liens are sorted by the tax principal amount at the time of advertising and listed by item number..                       

Please listen carefully as each item number is announced.  It is possible that some advertised tax liens may not be offered in the sale (due to recent payments and/or other circumstances such as pending litigation).

You must track of your own purchases.  We will not be able to give you a listing of your tax liens until you are ready to make payment.  When you have finished purchasing and wish to make payment, proceed to the clerk at the back of the room to calculate your payment amount.  Douglas County will provide you with a list of the parcel numbers for which you purchased tax liens.

2009 Public Tax Sale list will be available February 5, 2009.