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Ohio tax sale properties, straight from county records. Last refreshed Oct 12, 2026. Auction dates and opening bids can change at the county. Check the county link on a listing before you bid.

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Current auctions in Ohio

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Money is recorded as owed on this property on top of the taxes.

659 EDDY ROAD, CLEVELAND, 44108
Cuyahoga County, OH · Single family
Opening bid $12,518 Auction Oct 21, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked
What we found
We found money owed on this property on top of the taxes. Some of these stay with the property after the sale, which means you would owe them. Check each one before you bid. In many states these obligations survive a tax sale, so the new owner may inherit cleanup, fines, or demolition costs. Confirm exactly what survives with the county or municipality before bidding.
Needs review Partly checked

Flood or environmental risk on record.

2977 E. 79TH ST, CLEVELAND, 44104
Cuyahoga County, OH · Single family
Opening bid $15,278 Auction Oct 21, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked
What we found
This property carries a flood or environmental flag. That is a risk to what you are buying, not money owed. Its recorded documents have NOT been searched, so we are not saying nothing is owed either. Read the flag, then search Cuyahoga's records before you bid.

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Screened out Partly checked

Money is recorded as owed on this property on top of the taxes.

13410 FOURTH AVENUE, EAST CLEVELAND, 44112
Cuyahoga County, OH · Single family
Opening bid $9,685 Auction Oct 21, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked
What we found
We found money owed on this property on top of the taxes. Some of these stay with the property after the sale, which means you would owe them. Check each one before you bid. In many states these obligations survive a tax sale, so the new owner may inherit cleanup, fines, or demolition costs. Confirm exactly what survives with the county or municipality before bidding.
Screened out Partly checked

Money is recorded as owed on this property on top of the taxes.

1368 E 90TH STREET, CLEVELAND, 44106
Cuyahoga County, OH · Single family
Opening bid $27,907 Auction Oct 21, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked
What we found
We found money owed on this property on top of the taxes. Some of these stay with the property after the sale, which means you would owe them. Check each one before you bid. In many states these obligations survive a tax sale, so the new owner may inherit cleanup, fines, or demolition costs. Confirm exactly what survives with the county or municipality before bidding.
Screened out Barely checked

Money is recorded as owed on this property on top of the taxes.

495 HUSTON STREET, BARBERTON, 44203
Summit County, OH · Single family
Opening bid $17,415 Auction Oct 20, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked
What we found
We found money owed on this property on top of the taxes. Some of these stay with the property after the sale, which means you would owe them. Check each one before you bid. In many states these obligations survive a tax sale, so the new owner may inherit cleanup, fines, or demolition costs. Confirm exactly what survives with the county or municipality before bidding.
Screened out Barely checked

Money is recorded as owed on this property on top of the taxes.

668 CORICE STREET, AKRON, 44306
Summit County, OH · Single family
Opening bid $14,367 Auction Oct 20, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked
What we found
We found money owed on this property on top of the taxes. Some of these stay with the property after the sale, which means you would owe them. Check each one before you bid. In many states these obligations survive a tax sale, so the new owner may inherit cleanup, fines, or demolition costs. Confirm exactly what survives with the county or municipality before bidding.

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How Ohio tax sales work

Sale Type
More than one
Ohio runs 2 kinds of tax sale, and the county and the sale decide which one a property is sold under: Tax Lien Certificate (Ohio R.C. 5721.32; redemption: 1 yr); Tax Deed (Ohio R.C. 5721.18, 5721.19, 5721.25; redemption: ends at sale confirmation).
Redemption Period
Varies by sale
Deed issued after sheriff sale confirmation. No redemption after confirmation.
Avg Property Tax Rate
1.56%
Above the national average (1.1%). Higher tax rates mean larger opening bids and lien amounts.
Homestead Rules
Special Rules Apply
Available to 65+ homeowners, disabled veterans.

Words used on this page

Redemption period
A window after the sale when the old owner can pay up and take the property back.
Surviving lien
A debt on the property that the tax sale does NOT wipe out. It becomes yours.
Opening bid
Where bidding starts. It is not a price or a value. Often it is just the tax owed.
Tax lien
The county sells the unpaid tax debt, not the property. You collect interest, or later foreclose.

Before you bid in Ohio

What can survive the sale and become yours

  • IRS federal tax liens (survive unless the United States was named in the case)
  • Every lien, in a short-form R.C. 5721.18(C) foreclosure
  • Water, sewer and city charges billed after the sale

Other things to check

  • Most Ohio tax-delinquent property is sold at a sheriff's sale after the county forecloses its tax lien in court.
  • The same sheriff sites also sell mortgage foreclosures, so check that the case is a tax foreclosure.
  • The owner can redeem until the court confirms the sale.
  • A tax-foreclosure sale has no appraisal: the minimum bid is the lesser of the auditor's value plus costs, or the taxes plus costs.
  • A few large counties also sell tax certificates (up to 18%, bid down).
  • Cuyahoga County has its own land bank. Check for city income tax liens.

How we rate these

Every listing says one of four things. Next to it is how many facts we hold for it, and what that much evidence is good enough for.

Worth a look
We hold the four basics (what is being sold, when, for how much, and what the property is) and nothing we hold argues against it. A claim about our record, not a promise about the property.
Needs review
We hold the basics, but a named finding wants a human first: a possible lien under the owner's name, a flood or environmental record, no mapped public road, a property check that fired, an opening bid at or above the value we hold for the parcel, or a sale the county reports as postponed.
Screened out
We hold positive evidence of a problem: recorded debt or an IRS lien that survives the sale, a lot too small to be a real parcel, a sale the county reports as over, or a sale date already past. The card names it.
Not enough data yet
One of the four basics is missing. This is not a bad rating: missing data can never produce a negative verdict.
N of 12 facts on file
How many of the 12 facts we track for this parcel we actually hold: sale kind, auction date, entry price, property class, value, lot size, living area, legal description, road access, title search, condition, sale terms. The same count on the board, the deal page and in Flexy. Hover the bar on any card to see which are still missing.

One number cannot say both how good a parcel looks and how much we actually know about it, and a low number reads as a verdict. So we do not print one. “Not enough data yet” is not a judgement about the property.

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Ohio tax sale FAQ

Ohio runs more than one kind of tax sale: Tax Lien Certificate sales (Ohio R.C. 5721.32) and Tax Deed sales (Ohio R.C. 5721.18, 5721.19, 5721.25). The county and the sale decide which one a property is sold under. Deed issued after sheriff sale confirmation. No redemption after confirmation.

It depends on the kind of sale. Tax Lien Certificate: 1 yr; Tax Deed: ends at sale confirmation.

DeedFlex aggregates Ohio tax sale listings from county auction platforms and gives each property a plain-English verdict: Worth a look, Needs review, Screened out, or Not enough data yet. Next to it is how far the research has got on it. Start with Pro ($59/mo, flat) to browse all available Ohio properties with full deal analysis.

Key risks include: IRS federal tax liens (survive unless the United States was named in the case), Every lien, in a short-form R.C. 5721.18(C) foreclosure, Water, sewer and city charges billed after the sale. Most Ohio tax-delinquent property is sold at a sheriff's sale after the county forecloses its tax lien in court. The same sheriff sites also sell mortgage foreclosures, so check that the case is a tax foreclosure. The owner can redeem until the court confirms the sale. A tax-foreclosure sale has no appraisal: the minimum bid is the lesser of the auditor's value plus costs, or the taxes plus costs. A few large counties also sell tax certificates (up to 18%, bid down). Cuyahoga County has its own land bank. Check for city income tax liens.

Opening bids vary widely by county and property. Ohio has an average property tax rate of 1.56%, which influences opening bid amounts. DeedFlex shows the opening bid for every listed property. Where we hold a market value we can stand behind, we show it; where we do not, we say so rather than print a number we cannot support.

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