Josephine County approves sale process for surplus land, signs two property sale documents

Josephine County commissioners on Aug. 7 authorized a sealed-bid sheriff sale of surplus county property, signed documents to complete a five-year land-sale contract for 153 Krause Lane and approved a quitclaim deed for a small parcel at 151 Finch Road.

County legal staff described the sealed-bid process and the county’s plan to publish a notice for four weeks in the Grants Pass Daily Courier and on the county’s real property web page. "Order 2025Dash063 is authorizing a public sheriff sale to sell real property that we have identified as surplus," Legal staff Helene told the board. She said bids would be submitted to the Treasury Office and that auction details and bid forms would be posted on the county’s Real Property Management website.

The measures matter because they move long-held, underused parcels back into private ownership and back onto the tax rolls, commissioners said. The board approved the order by a 3-0 roll-call…