City and Borough of Wrangell, AK tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the City and Borough of Wrangell, AK tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Alaska sells tax-foreclosed land the government already owns, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 28, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in City and Borough of Wrangell, seat of Wrangell: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Alaska tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next tax deed sale
- Wrangell publishes no tax-foreclosure sale calendar.
- Registration
- The borough publishes no registration process for tax-foreclosed land.
- Borough office
- (907) 874-2381
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How City and Borough of Wrangell sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- City and Borough of Wrangell Finance Department
- Frequency
- no scheduled sale; a sale happens only if the Borough Assembly authorizes one by ordinance
- Typical timing
- Wrangell publishes no tax-foreclosure sale calendar.
- Registration
- The borough publishes no registration process for tax-foreclosed land.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
City and Borough of Wrangell tax sale list and auction calendar
For City and Borough of Wrangell tax sale 2026 searches, use the borough-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the borough before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
City and Borough of Wrangell publishes no tax sale list online. The City and Borough of Wrangell Finance Department advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the borough legal newspaper and the office itself. Call (907) 874-2381 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Sale day
Wrangell publishes no tax-foreclosure sale calendar. There is no online bidding platform. Confirm the sale method, venue and deadline with the City and Borough of Wrangell Finance Department before you make an offer.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the City and Borough of Wrangell Finance Department as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in City and Borough of Wrangell
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
There is no online list to price against. City and Borough of Wrangell advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on (907) 874-2381 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Alaska due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Alaska before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
State law creates no over-the-counter list. Some Alaska municipalities offer tax-foreclosed parcels that did not sell at a competitive sale over the counter afterward, under their own land disposal ordinance. Whether this borough or city has any such inventory must be confirmed with its land management office.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Alaska calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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Borough offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Wrangell is a unified city and borough that levies its own property tax, due each year on October 15 by 5:00 pm at City Hall.
- The borough publishes no tax-foreclosure sale list or sale calendar. Call the Finance Department at (907) 874-2381 to ask about any tax-foreclosed parcels it holds.
- Borough-owned land is sold by online auction on Public Surplus under the seller name City & Borough of Wrangell. The current Shoemaker Bay Subdivision II lots are development land with a build requirement, not tax-foreclosed parcels.
Alaska rules
- Redemption
- Redemption runs against the municipality, before any investor is involved. The judgment transfers the parcel to the municipality, which must hold it for at least one year; during that time anyone with an interest may redeem. At least 30 days before the period ends the clerk publishes an expiration notice once a week for four weeks (or posts it where there is no newspaper) and mails it by certified mail to the record owner and, where the assessed value exceeds $10,000, to mortgage and lien holders; the right of redemption expires 30 days after the first publication. The former owner keeps possession during redemption unless waste is committed. After the clerk's deed, the record owner at foreclosure (or assigns) may still repurchase "within 10 years and before the sale or contract of sale" (the statute names no start date for the 10 years), so only until the municipality sells or contracts to sell the parcel, and the right ends if an ordinance retains it for a public purpose. A buyer at the municipality's sale therefore takes with no redemption or repurchase right outstanding.
- Deed deposit
- Not set by statute. Deposit, bidder registration and payment form are fixed in each sale's terms. Example: the Matanuska-Susitna Borough requires in-person registration before bidding and accepts only money order, cashier's check or cash, with no financing.
- Surplus proceeds
- Sale proceeds, less collection costs, are divided between the borough and the city in proportion to their taxes at foreclosure. If the property was held by the municipality for less than 10 years after the close of the redemption period and was never designated for a public purpose, the former record owner is entitled to the proceeds above unpaid taxes, the taxes that would have accrued after foreclosure, penalty, interest, foreclosure and sale costs, and net carrying costs. The municipality must mail the former owner written notice of any excess and how to claim it, and a claim filed more than six months after the sale date is forever barred.
What the deed conveys: The clerk's deed gives the municipality clear title, "except for prior recorded tax liens of the United States and the state" (AS 29.45.450(b)). A deed is not invalid for irregularities, omissions or defects in the proceedings unless the former owner was misled so as to be injured, and two years after the date of the deed its validity is conclusively presumed and every claim of the former owner or other person having an interest is forever barred (AS 29.45.450(d)). The buyer takes from the municipality under the municipality's own conveyance on its sale terms, not a court deed. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does City and Borough of Wrangell, Alaska sell tax liens or tax deeds?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Verified Sep 28, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the office that runs the sale before you bid.
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