A tax lien certificate is a document, a certificate of sale, which is issued by a taxing district (County or municipality) to an individual or an entity that purchases a tax lien. It is proof that a certain person or entity purchased a tax lien on a property in a specific taxing district. Since the local government can levy heavy penalties and interest to delinquent tax payers, these interest rates and penalties are passed on the purchaser of the tax lien. So if you purchase a tax lien on a property you receive the interest rate from the property owner that would normally go to the taxing district.
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