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ORDINANCE DELEGATING POWER TO
ACQUIRE, MANAGE, AND SELL
TAX- DEEDED LANDS
Ordinance No. ,j 6y
St. Croix County, Wisconsin
The County Board of Supervisors of the County of St. Croix does ordain as follows:
A. PURPOSE. The purpose of this ordinance is to delegate powers and duties vested in
the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors relating to the acquisition of tax- deeded lands
to the County Clerk and the management and sale of tax- deeded lands to the Finance
Committee.
B. AUTHORITY. Wisconsin Statutes section 75.35(2)(d) authorizes the County
Board to delegate its power to acquire, manage, and sell tax- deeded lands.
C. PROCEDURES.
1. All procedures up to the issuance of a tax deed shall be performed by the persons
indicated in Wisconsin Statutes Chapter 75.
2. The County Clerk is authorized to issue (record) a tax deed on behalf of St. Croix
County without County Board approval. The County Clerk shall comply with all
the other requirements of Wisconsin Statutes section 75.14(1) and (2).
3. The County Clerk is authorized to cancel a tax certificate if she/he finds that the
description of the parcel of land in the tax certificate is incorrect, and direct the
County Treasurer to correct the description using the procedure under Wisconsin
Statutes section 74.61.
4. The Finance Committee is authorized to sell tax- deeded land, following the
procedures in Wisconsin Statutes section 75.35 and section 75.69, including sale
by land contract, or quit -claim deed or warranty deed with a mortgage from the
purchaser, without County Board approval.
5. The Finance Committee may retain licensed appraisers to determine the value of
tax- deeded land and licensed real estate brokers or salespersons to assist in selling
tax- deeded land, and to pay fees or commissions for such services.
6. Any conveyance of tax- deeded land by deed or land contract, or satisfaction of a
mortgage, shall be executed by the County Clerk under the Clerk's hand and the
seal of the County.
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7. The Finance Committee is authorized to cancel delinquent real property taxes on
contaminated property, following the requirements of Wisconsin Statutes section
75.105, without County Board approval.
D. APPROVAL OF PRIOR SALES. The sales or other disposition of tax- deeded lands
done without County Board approval prior to the adoption of this ordinance are hereby
approved.
E. EFFECTIVE DATE. This ordinance shall be effective on the day after its publication.
Dated this i.2, day of %_ wa ,1999.
Offered by: Finance Committee
NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIVE
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STATE OF WISCONSIN
COUNTY OF ST. CROIX
t. Sue E. Nelson, St. Crobt
County Clerk 00 HEREBY CERTIFY that
the t regoing is a true and correct of
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adopted by the County ,poard of Supervisors
at their meeting held u--{u as r F ,
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Sue E. +elson, St. Croix County Li,*