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Florida tax sale properties, straight from county records. Last refreshed Oct 13, 2026. Auction dates and opening bids can change at the county. Check the county link on a listing before you bid.

49 Florida counties have deals right now Varies by sale redemption How Florida sales work

Current auctions in Florida

10,326 properties with a sale coming up

Data limitations in Florida
  • Lee. restricted: LAT inventory only via lee.realtdm.com which is the clerk-staff admin portal (login required). Public bidder portal does not surface LAT. Official county site →
  • Volusia. restricted: Clerk's LAT report (app02.clerk.org/cm_rpt/?id=lat) has explicit click-through TOS prohibiting commercial republication. Direct conflict with subscription SaaS use. Official county site →
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The county's figure and nearby sales disagree by 18.1x. The county record may cover only the land, a shared parcel, or a different unit. Check the parcel card before trusting either.

2818 40TH ST W, LEHIGH ACRES, FL 33971
Lee County, FL · Land / vacant
Opening bid $3,885 Auction Oct 20, 2026
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No title search yet

Needs review Partly checked

No house number in the address.

1PRINCESS LUISE LN, PALM COAST, FL 32164
Flagler County, FL
Opening bid $2,831 Auction Nov 17, 2026
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No title search yet

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513 SW 5TH ST, BELLE GLADE, FL 33430
Palm Beach County, FL
Opening bid $6,263 Auction Oct 14, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked

Condition unknown

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1810 E 18TH AVE
Hillsborough County, FL
Opening bid $8,358 Auction Oct 15, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked

No title search yet

Needs review Partly checked

No house number in the address.

27TH ST SE, RUSKIN, FL 33570
Hillsborough County, FL
Opening bid $12,791 Auction Dec 10, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked

No title search yet

Worth a look Partly checked
16473 NW 292ND ST, OKEECHOBEE, FL 34972
Okeechobee County, FL · Land / vacant
Opening bid $2,035 Auction Oct 29, 2026
Tax Deed See what we checked

No title search yet

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How Florida tax sales work

Sale Type
More than one
Florida runs 2 kinds of tax sale, and the county and the sale decide which one a property is sold under: Tax Deed (Fla. Stat. 197.472(1), 197.502, 197.542, 197.582; redemption: no redemption); Tax Lien Certificate (Fla. Stat. 197.172, 197.472, 197.482, 197.502; redemption: until a tax deed issues).
Redemption Period
Varies by sale
Deed issued by the clerk once the winning bidder pays in full; the balance is due within 24 hours of the sale, weekends and holidays excluded, and many clerks set noon the next business day. The owner can redeem until that payment is received; after that there is no redemption.
Avg Property Tax Rate
0.89%
Near the national average (1.1%).
Homestead Rules
Special Rules Apply
Up to $50K homestead exemption. When a homesteaded property goes to a tax deed sale, the opening bid also includes one-half of its latest assessed value (Fla. Stat. 197.502(6)(c)).

Words used on this page

CDD assessment
A yearly community-district charge on top of property tax. It survives the sale.
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.
Code enforcement lien
Unpaid city fines for the property's condition. These can run very large.
Homestead exemption
A tax break on an owner's main home. It changes what the minimum bid includes.
Opening bid
Where bidding starts. It is not a price or a value. Often it is just the tax owed.
Tax deed
The county sells the property itself. The winner owns it.
Over the counter (OTC)
Property left unsold at auction, available at a fixed price with no bidding.

Before you bid in Florida

What can survive the sale and become yours

  • IRS federal tax liens (120-day right of redemption)
  • City, county, special-district and CDD liens of record that the sale money did not pay off (code enforcement, demolition, utilities, assessments)
  • Easements and use restrictions

Other things to check

  • Florida runs two sales.
  • At the yearly certificate sale you buy the unpaid taxes by bidding the interest rate down from 18%; the owner repays at your rate, with a 5% minimum unless you bid 0% (Fla.
  • Stat. 197.172, 197.472).
  • Certificates nobody buys stay with the county and can be bought over the counter for the face amount plus interest (197.4725).
  • Two years after April 1 of the year a certificate was issued, the holder can apply for a tax deed sale; a certificate nobody applies on expires 7 years after it was issued (197.502, 197.482).
  • At the clerk's deed sale the certificate is the opening bid: if nobody bids more the holder gets the deed, and if someone does the holder is paid out of the sale.
  • Once the winner pays in full there is no redemption.
  • Parcels with no bid go on the Lands Available for Taxes list.
  • A tax deed wipes the mortgage and old HOA dues.
  • An IRS lien can survive, and the IRS keeps 120 days to buy the property back; so can government liens of record that the sale money did not pay off (197.552).
  • Code-enforcement fines can exceed $200K.
  • Most title insurers want a quiet-title action ($2-5K) before insuring a tax-deed title.
  • Always check occupancy; eviction costs $1.5-3K.

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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Florida tax sale FAQ

Florida runs more than one kind of tax sale: Tax Deed sales (Fla. Stat. 197.472(1), 197.502, 197.542, 197.582) and Tax Lien Certificate sales (Fla. Stat. 197.172, 197.472, 197.482, 197.502). The county and the sale decide which one a property is sold under. Deed issued by the clerk once the winning bidder pays in full; the balance is due within 24 hours of the sale, weekends and holidays excluded, and many clerks set noon the next business day. The owner can redeem until that payment is received; after that there is no redemption.

It depends on the kind of sale. Tax Deed: no redemption; Tax Lien Certificate: until a tax deed issues.

DeedFlex aggregates Florida 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 Florida properties with full deal analysis.

Key risks include: IRS federal tax liens (120-day right of redemption), City, county, special-district and CDD liens of record that the sale money did not pay off (code enforcement, demolition, utilities, assessments), Easements and use restrictions. Florida runs two sales. At the yearly certificate sale you buy the unpaid taxes by bidding the interest rate down from 18%; the owner repays at your rate, with a 5% minimum unless you bid 0% (Fla. Stat. 197.172, 197.472). Certificates nobody buys stay with the county and can be bought over the counter for the face amount plus interest (197.4725). Two years after April 1 of the year a certificate was issued, the holder can apply for a tax deed sale; a certificate nobody applies on expires 7 years after it was issued (197.502, 197.482). At the clerk's deed sale the certificate is the opening bid: if nobody bids more the holder gets the deed, and if someone does the holder is paid out of the sale. Once the winner pays in full there is no redemption. Parcels with no bid go on the Lands Available for Taxes list. A tax deed wipes the mortgage and old HOA dues. An IRS lien can survive, and the IRS keeps 120 days to buy the property back; so can government liens of record that the sale money did not pay off (197.552). Code-enforcement fines can exceed $200K. Most title insurers want a quiet-title action ($2-5K) before insuring a tax-deed title. Always check occupancy; eviction costs $1.5-3K.

Opening bids vary widely by county and property. Florida has an average property tax rate of 0.89%, 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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