Guides
How to buy tax-sale property, state by state
A plain-English walkthrough for first-time buyers in 51 jurisdictions. Every guide covers the sale type, redemption period, interest or penalty, bid method, and sale timing, with statute citations and an explicit unknown wherever a source has not verified a value.
Explainers
- How to buy tax liensA beginner walkthrough: what a tax lien is, how to register and bid, and what happens after you win.Read guide
- Tax lien vs tax deedHow lien sales, deed sales and redeemable deeds differ in risk, return, capital and time.Read guide
- Tax lien statesEvery state and DC with its sale type, interest or penalty, redemption period and statute.Read guide
States and DC
- ALAlabamaHybridBid down
- AKAlaskaTax deedFlat rate
- AZArizonaTax lienBid down
- ARArkansasTax deedFlat rate
- CACaliforniaTax deedPenalty
- COColoradoTax lienFlat rate
- CTConnecticutRedeemable deedFlat rate
- DEDelawareRedeemable deedFlat rate
- DCDistrict of ColumbiaTax lienFlat rate
- FLFloridaHybridBid down
- GAGeorgiaRedeemable deedPremium
- HIHawaiiRedeemable deedFlat rate
- IDIdahoTax deedFlat rate
- ILIllinoisTax lienPenalty
- INIndianaTax lienPenalty
- IAIowaTax lienFlat rate
- KSKansasTax deedFlat rate
- KYKentuckyTax lienFlat rate
- LALouisianaTax lienBid down
- MEMaineTax lienFlat rate
- MDMarylandTax lienFlat rate
- MAMassachusettsTax titleFlat rate
- MIMichiganTax deedFlat rate
- MNMinnesotaRedeemable deedBid down
- MSMississippiTax lienFlat rate
- MOMissouriTax lienFlat rate
- MTMontanaHybridFlat rate
- NENebraskaTax lienFlat rate
- NVNevadaTax deedFlat rate
- NHNew HampshireTax lienFlat rate
- NJNew JerseyTax lienBid down
- NMNew MexicoTax deedFlat rate
- NYNew YorkTax lienFlat rate
- NCNorth CarolinaTax deedFlat rate
- NDNorth DakotaTax deedFlat rate
- OHOhioTax lienBid down
- OKOklahomaTax deedFlat rate
- OROregonTax deedFlat rate
- PAPennsylvaniaTax deedNone
- RIRhode IslandRedeemable deedPenalty
- SCSouth CarolinaRedeemable deedPenalty
- SDSouth DakotaTax lienBid down
- TNTennesseeRedeemable deedFlat rate
- TXTexasRedeemable deedPremium
- UTUtahTax deedPenalty
- VTVermontRedeemable deedFlat rate
- VAVirginiaTax deedFlat rate
- WAWashingtonTax deedFlat rate
- WVWest VirginiaTax lienFlat rate
- WIWisconsinTax titleFlat rate
- WYWyomingTax lienFlat rate
County guides
Local sale pages use official county sources and link to live listings when the county is onboarded.
- Cook CountyIL
- Harris CountyTXlive listings
- Dallas CountyTXlive listings
- Tarrant CountyTXlive listings
- Bexar CountyTXlive listings
- Wayne CountyMIlive listings
- Montgomery CountyMDlive listings
- Marion CountyIN
- Denton CountyTX
- DuPage CountyILlive listings
- Prince George's CountyMDlive listings
- Macomb CountyMI
- Fort Bend CountyTXlive listings
- Baltimore CountyMD
- Lake CountyIL
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