Mississippi Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List

Key Takeaways

• A Mississippi tax delinquent properties for sale list comes from two sources: each county tax collector's published land sale list and the Secretary of State's Tax-Forfeited Inventory map.
• Counties publish differently: Hinds posts PDF and Excel downloads with past results, Rankin's 2025 notice is a 214-page PDF listing 4,971 parcels, and Rankin and Lauderdale hold online sales on GovEase.
• The author found no statewide Mississippi file of county land sale parcels on any state page; paid aggregators collect them, and any provider's coverage is worth testing against one county's own notice.
• Hinds County's file gives true value, total due, land use and a homestead flag on each row, which lets investors narrow a large file to their buy box.
• Before bidding or applying, investors pay an attorney or title company for a title search, inspect the condition in person, and decide the exit plan if the owner redeems.
• Goliath is software and data, not a lead service: it builds lists from property signals including tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure filings and absentee ownership, with each record's source attached.

Goliath Data wrote this page and sells data software, which gets one short mention below. County notices were read on November 5, 2026, so confirm anything time-sensitive with the office named.

A tax delinquent properties for sale list in Mississippi lives in two places: each county tax collector's published land sale list, and the Secretary of State's inventory of tax-forfeited land. So any Mississippi Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List you build is county by county, plus one state map. The two work differently: you bid at the first and apply at the second.

Mississippi tax delinquent properties for sale list: the two sources

Where Is the Mississippi County Land Sale List Published?

State law sets the rhythm, and the sale is advertised ahead of time. The advertising statute governs when and how the collector advertises and sells; Sale type, redemption rights and interest are set by Mississippi law and the county's own procedures; confirm them with the county tax collector and chancery clerk before bidding.

Since the newspaper is the legal minimum, what appears online varies widely. Four counties show the range:

So start with the county tax collector's website, search it for "land sale" or "tax sale", then call if nothing turns up. Note that this is the collector's list, not the assessor's. Lists appear in the weeks before the sale, so the current-year list exists only near the sale date. Outside that window, you may find only last year's list.

We found no statewide Mississippi file of county land sale parcels on any state page we read. Paid aggregators collect them, and any provider's coverage is worth testing against one county's own notice.

How Does Buying at a Mississippi Tax Sale Work?

How the land is sold and what happens to a tract with no bid are set by the sale statute and the county's procedures. Some counties run online sales through a provider, and a two-district county may run a portal for each district.

Winning does not make you the owner yet. The redemption statute governs how the owner, or anyone interested in the land, can redeem through the chancery clerk, and the amount owed typically includes the taxes, costs of the sale and statutory charges. Confirm the redemption period and the exact amounts with the chancery clerk.

A buyer's return, if the owner redeems, comes from that statutory charge, so ask the clerk how any bid above that amount is treated before you overbid. Rankin's Land Redemption page shows the office in action: delinquent amounts and redemption information are searchable online and run by the Chancery Clerk.

If the land is not redeemed, the chancery clerk issues a deed under the statute, and a deed can be challenged on limited grounds. One more trap sits in the notice statute: the clerk must give the owner notice before redemption ends, and a defect in notice can affect the sale. Confirm the details with the chancery clerk or an attorney.

Those statute links are FindLaw's copies and may be out of date. Read the present text before relying on them, and treat this as general information, not legal advice.

What Happens to Mississippi Land That Has Matured to the State?

This is the path many investors miss. Each year every chancery clerk sends the Secretary of State a list of property that went unredeemed, and those parcels enter the state's inventory for sale, according to the office's Tax-Forfeited Lands FAQs.

The office's process, in order:

1. Find a parcel on the inventory map.
2. File through the online portal, with the filing fee, as described on the Tax-Forfeited Lands page.
3. The office gets a current market value from the county tax assessor and investigates title.
4. A recommended price goes to the Governor's Office, and an offer letter follows approval.
5. Pay, and a patent signed by the Governor and the Secretary of State arrives by certified mail for filing with the chancery clerk.

Timing from application to patent varies; ask the Public Lands Division.

The price is set by the Secretary of State's formula, which can differ for a sale to the prior owner or for blighted property; confirm it with the Public Lands Division. Questions go to the Public Lands Division at 1-866-835-2637 (in-state toll-free).

How Do You Size Up a Mississippi Parcel Before You Bid or Apply?

The county files can be large, so narrow them to your buy box before you research anything. Hinds' file, for example, gives true value, total due, land use and a homestead flag on each row.

Then check the things no list settles:

• Title. Pay an attorney or title company for a search. Find out what else is recorded against the land before any money moves.
• Condition. Drive it. A row on a list says nothing about the roof.
• Exit. Decide what you do if the owner redeems late in the redemption period, and whether you could hold through it.

If you would rather buy directly from an owner behind on taxes, our guide to finding tax-delinquent owners in your county and official-list walkthrough cover finding the owner and reading the record. Be kind about it: these are often people in a bad stretch.

Is a call about buying someone's house telemarketing? Put that to your lawyer. In the meantime, treat calls and texts as covered and read the FTC's Do Not Call FAQs before you dial.

How Does Goliath Help With Mississippi Tax Delinquent Lists?

Goliath is software and data, not a lead service. It builds lists from property signals, including tax delinquency, pre-foreclosure filings and absentee ownership, and keeps each record's source attached. Skip tracing, CRM, dialer and texting sit in one place, and pricing is public, starting at $1,499 a month for Ramp. If you only work one county's August sale, reading its posted list costs nothing.

Which Mississippi County Tax Delinquent Pages Does Goliath Keep?

We keep county pages for Harrison and Madison, among others.