Ringgold County, IA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Ringgold County, IA tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Iowa sells tax lien certificates paying up to 24%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Ringgold County, seat of Mount Ayr: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Iowa tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next certificate sale
- Annual tax lien sale scheduled for June 21, 2027.Monday · 2027
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 641-464-3230
On this page
How Ringgold County sells delinquent taxes
From lien to deed
Iowa holds no separate tax deed auction. The county treasurer makes out a deed for each parcel sold and unredeemed immediately after 90 days have expired from the date of completed service of the notice of expiration of the right of redemption, once the holder returns the certificate of purchase and pays the deed and recording fees.
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Ringgold County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The annual tax sale is held the third Monday in June at 8:30 a.m. The next sale is scheduled for June 21, 2027.
- Next expected
- on the third Monday in June, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Ringgold County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Ringgold County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Ringgold County publishes no tax sale list online. The County Treasurer advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the county legal newspaper and the office itself. Call 641-464-3230 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Ask the County Treasurer how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Annual tax lien sale scheduled for June 21, 2027. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the County Treasurer before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Ringgold County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
There is no online list to price against. Ringgold County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on 641-464-3230 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Iowa due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.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 certificates
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. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Iowa calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- The sale is a live auction in the Assembly Room of the Ringgold County Courthouse in Mount Ayr, held the third Monday in June at 8:30 a.m.
- The parcel list runs in the Mount Ayr Record News in late May and is posted at the treasurer's office.
- Request the written terms and conditions from the treasurer's office by email at tpaxson@ringgoldcounty.us before sale day.
- Redemptions from tax sale must be paid in guaranteed funds, with interest at 2% per month under Iowa law.
- Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Iowa rules
- 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.
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.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Oct 6, 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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