Does Appanoose County, Iowa sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Appanoose County follows Iowa's tax lien state system.

When is the Appanoose County tax certificate sale?

Annual tax sale held in June. The county states the 2026 sale as follows: "The 2026 annual Tax Sale will be held by the Appanoose County Treasurer on Monday, June 15, 2026, in the Treasurer's Office on the second floor of the Appanoose County Courthouse, 201 N. 12th St., Centerville, Iowa, beginning at 9:00 a.m." The Treasurer's site adds that "all bids will be placed online" and "Bidders are not required to be physically present at the courthouse." Bidding closes at 10:30 a.m. An adjourned tax sale is held any business day following the annual sale when bidders are present and parcels remain available.. Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.

How often does Appanoose County hold tax deed sales?

none. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

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Appanoose County, IA tax sales

How tax lien certificate sales work in Appanoose County, seat of Centerville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

Verified Jul 29, 2026 against official county and state sources.

New here? Read how Iowa tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.

How Appanoose County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

Online auction

Run by: Appanoose County Treasurer
Frequency: annual
Typical timing: Annual tax sale held in June. The county states the 2026 sale as follows: "The 2026 annual Tax Sale will be held by the Appanoose County Treasurer on Monday, June 15, 2026, in the Treasurer's Office on the second floor of the Appanoose County Courthouse, 201 N. 12th St., Centerville, Iowa, beginning at 9:00 a.m." The Treasurer's site adds that "all bids will be placed online" and "Bidders are not required to be physically present at the courthouse." Bidding closes at 10:30 a.m. An adjourned tax sale is held any business day following the annual sale when bidders are present and parcels remain available.
Next expected: on the third Monday in June, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list: Appanoose County Treasurer tax sale packet and sale notice

Registration and deposit

Register online at iowataxauction.com. The county states "No mailed or emailed registrations will be accepted." For the 2026 sale, registration opened Monday, May 18, 2026 and closed Thursday, June 11, 2026, with all steps completed by 11:59 p.m. on June 11. Bidders pay a non-refundable $40.00 registration fee by ACH debit and complete an online W-9. All bidders must be 18 or older as of the sale date. An entity bidder needs a federal tax identification number plus either a designation of agent for service of process on file with the Iowa Secretary of State or a verified statement of trade name on file with the Appanoose County Recorder. Auction site support is listed at (800) 800-9588 or [email protected].

Bidding is Iowa's standard bid-down-ownership-interest format. Each parcel opens at a 100% undivided interest and bid downs run in whole percentage points from 99% to 1%; the certificate goes to the bidder designating the smallest percentage for the total amount due, with ties broken by random selection. The county confirms it "will not be utilizing batches," and parcels are listed in published order. Bids can be uploaded before the sale opens but are not applied until 9:00 a.m. on sale day. The Delinquent Tax List is published in the Appanoose Weekly (315 N 10th St., Centerville) the week of June 3, and parcels are viewable on the auction site by Friday, May 30, though registration must be completed to access the data. Winners receive an invoice at close and an ACH debit runs automatically from the account used for the registration fee, covering delinquent taxes, special assessments, interest, collection fees, publishing costs, and a $20.00 certificate fee per certificate. Certificates take roughly 7 to 15 days to arrive. Subsequent taxes must be paid online through the Treasurer's subsequent tax payment module at iowatreasurers.org (a $0.25 per parcel fee applies); payments made outside that module are treated as voluntary and omitted from redemption calculations. Redemption carries 2% per month interest on the sale amount and on subsequent payments, with each fraction of a month counted as a whole month. Regular tax sale parcels allow the 90 day Notice of Right of Redemption after one year and nine months; public bidder parcels, marked with an asterisk on the published list, allow it after nine months. Certificate assignment costs $100.00 per transaction and a Treasurer's Tax Sale Deed costs $25.00 per parcel. Certificates are canceled if no affidavit of service is filed within three years of the sale.

Source: 2026 Appanoose County Tax Sale Packet: Notice to Tax Sale Purchasers of the Terms and Conditions· Verified Jul 29, 2026

From lien to deed

Run by: County Treasurer
Frequency: none
Typical timing: Iowa holds no tax deed auction. The treasurer makes out a treasurer's deed to the certificate holder immediately after 90 days have expired from completed service of the notice of expiration of the right of redemption, once the holder returns the certificate and pays the deed and recording fees.

There is nothing for an investor to bid on at the deed stage in Iowa. The only auction is the June certificate sale. The certificate holder must return the certificate of purchase and remit the deed and recording fees within 90 calendar days after the redemption period expires, or the treasurer cancels the certificate.

Source: Iowa Code 448.1 - Return of certificate of purchase, execution of deed, feesIowa Code 448.1· Verified Jul 29, 2026

Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases

Two routes reach parcels after the June sale. Parcels that remain unsold for want of bidders are carried to adjourned sales, which the treasurer sets at intervals of not more than two months until the next annual sale. Separately, certificates struck to the county at the public bidder sale may be assigned by the county for the total amount due on the date of assignment, or for a compromised amount, under a written agreement filed with the treasurer and a 10 dollar assignment transaction fee. Ask the county treasurer which county-held certificates are available for assignment.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.

County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Appanoose County Treasurer

(641) 856-3097

Appanoose County Courthouse, Second Floor, 201 N 12th St., Centerville, IA 52544

Official website

Notes for Appanoose County

The sale is a hybrid setup: it is convened at the Appanoose County Courthouse in Centerville, but every bid is placed online through iowataxauction.com, and the Treasurer states bidders do not need to attend in person.
Registration closes several days before the sale (June 11 for the June 15, 2026 sale), so late arrivals cannot bid. Parcel data on the auction site is gated behind a completed registration.
The Treasurer's office fax is listed as (641) 856-8104 and the Treasurer is Jennifer L. Salstrand. Office hours for property tax business are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The county cites Iowa Code Chapters 446, 447, and 448 as the governing chapters for tax sales, tax redemption, and tax deeds, and advises prospective buyers to consult legal counsel.
The Appanoose County Recorder, at (641) 856-6103, is where entity bidders file a verified statement of trade name if they are not using an Iowa Secretary of State agent designation.

Iowa statewide rules

Max interest rate: 24% per year, fixed by statute (not bid down)
Minimum return: No statutory minimum return; what you earn is set by the share of ownership taken at the sale
Redemption: A parcel may be redeemed at any time before the right of redemption expires. After one year and nine months from the date of sale, the certificate holder may serve a notice of expiration of the right of redemption on the person in possession, the person in whose name the parcel is taxed, and every mortgagee, contract vendor, recorded lessor, and other party of record. The right of redemption then ends 90 days after that service is complete, which means the affidavit of service has been filed with the county treasurer. Three shortened tracks exist: nine months from a public bidder sale under section 446.18, and three months from an abandoned-property or public nuisance sale under section 446.19A or 446.19B. After the treasurer delivers the deed, redemption is possible only through an equitable action in district court, and only by a person who could have redeemed during the 90-day window.
Surplus proceeds: No surplus arises. The deed conveys the parcel to the certificate holder rather than selling it to the highest bidder, so there are no excess proceeds to distribute. Where the winning bid was less than 100 percent, the deed conveys only that undivided percentage interest in the parcel.
Governing statute: Iowa Code Chapter 446

A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Appanoose County, Iowa sell tax liens or tax deeds?: Appanoose County follows Iowa's tax lien state system.
When is the Appanoose County tax certificate sale?: Annual tax sale held in June. The county states the 2026 sale as follows: "The 2026 annual Tax Sale will be held by the Appanoose County Treasurer on Monday, June 15, 2026, in the Treasurer's Office on the second floor of the Appanoose County Courthouse, 201 N. 12th St., Centerville, Iowa, beginning at 9:00 a.m." The Treasurer's site adds that "all bids will be placed online" and "Bidders are not required to be physically present at the courthouse." Bidding closes at 10:30 a.m. An adjourned tax sale is held any business day following the annual sale when bidders are present and parcels remain available.. Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.
How often does Appanoose County hold tax deed sales?: none. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

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