Lands Available for Taxes: how it works
County-held certificates and Lands Available for Taxes
Eligible county-held certificates may be purchased after issuance and before a deed application, subject to statutory restrictions. The purchase amount includes face value, interest through purchase at 1.5 percent per month or fraction, costs and charges, and a $6.25 purchase fee. A certificate purchase does not buy the land.
Does Florida publish a lands-available list?
Land enters the Lands Available list under the no-bid and certificateholder-payment conditions in F.S. 197.502 and 197.542. The county may purchase during the first 90 days or waive that right; other buyers may then purchase for the current opening bid. The statute provides for escheat three years after the public-sale date.
This route skips the live auction, which means these are the parcels nobody bid on, so the due diligence matters even more. Every state names this inventory differently, and the state-held and struck-off land table maps each local name to the same mechanism. The over-the-counter guide has the cross-state playbook.
Verified Oct 3, 2026 against Florida 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.