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What this page is: a persistent profile of how City of Bangor (Penobscot County), Maine runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.

City of Bangor (Penobscot County), Maine Tax Sale, County Hub

City of Bangor (Penobscot County), Maine runs a deed sale via City of Bangor Treasury Division (municipal, in-house administration -- Maine tax foreclosure is handled by the municipality, not the county government). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.

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Sale type

deed

Platform

City of Bangor Treasury Division (municipal, in-house administration -- Maine tax foreclosure is handled by the municipality, not the county government)

Bidding method

N/A -- no lien auction. The municipal treasurer files a tax lien mortgage; if unpaid it automatically forecloses at 18 months and the City takes ownership outright, then sells acquired property itself (broker-listed) rather than through investor bidding

Statutory maximum rate

N/A -- deed state, no investor liens or interest. A redeeming owner pays the municipality (not a private investor) interest at 8%/yr under 36 M.R.S. Sec. 943

Redemption period

18 months from filing of the tax lien certificate (36 M.R.S. Sec. 943); right of redemption then expires automatically

Cadence

annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

36 M.R.S. 942/943/943-C

The municipality's tax lien automatically forecloses at 18 months and the town owns the property outright -- no investor liens or interest. The town later sells the tax-acquired property (broker/sealed bid/auction), returning surplus equity to the former owner.

County contact / official source

City of Bangor Treasury Division (municipal, in-house administration -- Maine tax foreclosure is handled by the municipality, not the county government) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.bangormaine.gov/173/City-Clerk-Treasury

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for City of Bangor (Penobscot County) at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that City of Bangor (Penobscot County) has held only one sale.

Tracked sale event

Rolling -- automatic foreclosure occurs 18 months after each tax lien mortgage is filed (no single annual auction date); City-owned parcels are then sold, typically via licensed broker per 36 M.R.S. Sec. 943-C (not-yet-announced)

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