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Wyandotte County, KS tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Wyandotte County, seat of Kansas City: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
Two public tax sales a year.
Format
In person
Registration
Registration for Tax Sale 357 closes at 8:00 AM on October 9, 2026.
County office
(913) 573-2817
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How Wyandotte County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Kansas counties sell no tax lien certificates to investors. The county treasurer bids the delinquent parcel off to the county itself, and the county then enforces its own first and prior lien through a judicial foreclosure in the district court.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Delinquent Real Estate Division, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Two public tax sales a year.
Registration
Registration for Tax Sale 357 closes at 8:00 AM on October 9, 2026.
Sale list
Tax Sale List and General Information
When it runs
Two public tax sales a year. The county's Bidder Info and Registration page states: "The date for the next Delinquent Real Estate Tax Sale for the 2026 calendar year is scheduled for October 14, 2026." The Tax Sale 357 property list sets the start time at 10:00 AM, and bidder registration closes at 8:00 AM on October 9, 2026.
Registration and deposit

Pre-registration is required and registering on the day of the sale is not allowed. Registration for Tax Sale 357 closes at 8:00 AM on October 9, 2026. Register online through the Unified Government's Tax Sale Application for Bidder Registration form, or in person at 710 N 7th Street, 2nd Floor, Kansas City, KS 66101, Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Bring a current government-issued photo ID; a business must also bring its articles of incorporation and a letter of good standing from the secretary of state where it is registered. Before registering you must obtain a tax clearance from the Delinquent Real Estate office in the name of the individual, group or company that will bid.

Sale format and venue
The bidder registration form for Tax Sale 357 states in bold that this is an in-person auction, so plan to attend and do not count on bidding remotely. The minimum bid is the delinquent tax plus interest, penalties and costs, not the assessed value, and parcels are sold by legal description rather than street address. Every winning bidder signs an affidavit that they meet the statutory bidding qualifications. Full payment is due by 4:45 PM the day the auction concludes, by cashier's check or money order payable to the Clerk of the District Court, and failing to pay bans you from Unified Government tax sales for two years. The buyer owes current-year taxes and any special assessments not covered by the judgment. Parcels drawing no bid go to the Unified Government, which bids as Bidder #1, and move to the Wyandotte County Land Bank. Title does not pass at the fall of the hammer: the court must confirm the sale and the Sheriff's Deed must be recorded, which the county estimates takes three to five weeks. The Tax Sale 357 property list also directs bidding and payment through CivicSource.com, which conflicts with the in-person statement on the registration form, so confirm the format with the Delinquent Real Estate office before sale day.
Source: Bidder Information and Registration, Wyandotte County Delinquent Real Estate Division· Verified Aug 24, 2026

Wyandotte County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Wyandotte 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Tax Sale List and General Information for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Registration for Tax Sale 357 closes at 8:00 AM on October 9, 2026. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Two public tax sales a year. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Delinquent Real Estate Division, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Wyandotte County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Sale List and General Information. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Pre-registration is required and registering on the day of the sale is not allowed. Registration for Tax Sale 357 closes at 8:00 AM on October 9, 2026. Register online through the Unified Government's Tax Sale Application for Bidder Registration form, or in person at 710 N 7th Street, 2nd Floor, Kansas City, KS 66101, Monday through Friday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Bring a current government-issued photo ID; a business must also bring its articles of incorporation and a letter of good standing from the secretary of state where it is registered. Before registering you must obtain a tax clearance from the Delinquent Real Estate office in the name of the individual, group or company that will bid.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Kansas due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.

  4. 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

Kansas counties sell no tax lien certificates and keep no over-the-counter certificate list. What a county can hold is real estate it bought in at its own sheriff's sale. The commissioners keep a record of every such parcel that is open to public inspection, and the board sells them at private or public sale for cash, at a price of at least the original judgment lien plus interest, the costs in the order of sale, and every subsequent tax and special assessment. Six months after the sale to the county is confirmed the board may reduce the price and take sealed bids after advertising for three consecutive weeks, or sell at public auction to the highest cash bidder. Ask the county clerk or county counselor for the current county-owned list, and check whether the county has a land bank.

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

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County offices

Tax sale office

Wyandotte County Delinquent Real Estate Division

(913) 573-2817

Wyandotte County Courthouse, 710 N 7th St, Suite 200, Kansas City, KS 66101

Official website

County notes

  • Wyandotte County holds two public tax sales a year. A homestead property becomes eligible after three years of delinquency, commercial property after two years, and vacant or abandoned property after one year.
  • The Chief Counsel of the Unified Government files the foreclosure petition in Wyandotte County District Court. The court fixes the amount due, decrees it a first and prior lien, and orders the public sale, and it must confirm the sale before the Sheriff's Deed is recorded.
  • Owners can redeem only up to the day before the sale, and the county accepts no payments on sale day. Redemption payments must be cash, cashier's check or money order payable to the Wyandotte County Treasurer.
  • Parcels that draw no bid are purchased by the Unified Government as Bidder #1 and transferred to the Wyandotte County Land Bank, reachable at (913) 573-5730.
  • The sale list is published in The Wyandotte Echo and posted on the Unified Government website. The county no longer prints tax sale lists in its office.
  • Under K.S.A. 79-2804b a challenge to the county's foreclosure procedure can be brought for twelve months after the sale. Most title insurers will not write a policy on a tax sale parcel until that window closes, and some require a quiet title action first.
  • The Wyandotte County Treasurer's office, which holds the tax roll, is at 710 N 7th St, Suite 240, Kansas City, KS 66101, phone (913) 573-2821. The Delinquent Real Estate Division that runs the sale is headed by the County Treasurer.

Kansas rules

Redemption
Kansas redemption has two stages, and both close before the auction. Stage one is K.S.A. 79-2401a: once the treasurer bids the parcel off to the county in September, the county holds it for three years for a homestead under section 9 of article 15 of the Kansas Constitution and for all real estate not described in K.S.A. 79-2401a(a), two years where the parcel was bid off for both delinquent taxes and special assessments, and one year for an abandoned building or structure and the land accommodating it, meaning one that has been unoccupied for at least a year with a failure to perform reasonable maintenance. During that window the owner pays the county treasurer directly. On the three-year track a PARTIAL redemption is allowed: paying the taxes for one or more years, starting with the earliest year the parcel was carried on the tax-sale book, plus interest at the K.S.A. 79-2004 rate, pushes back the date a foreclosure sale may be commenced by the number of years paid. The Johnson County paragraph applies the same partial payment to the most recent year instead of the earliest, and it does not carry the extension sentence. Stage two is K.S.A. 79-2803: after the petition is filed the treasurer may no longer take ordinary payments, but the owner or holder of record title, their heirs, devisees, executors, administrators, assigns, or any mortgagee or mortgagee's assigns may still redeem at any time BEFORE THE DAY OF SALE by filing an application to redeem with the clerk of the district court and paying the clerk a share of the costs, being whatever the court orders or, absent an order, 5 percent of the lien amount stated in the petition for that parcel plus any charges chargeable separately against it. The treasurer then computes the full taxes, charges, interest, and penalties, issues a redemption certificate in triplicate, and the sheriff strikes the parcel from the order of sale. Once the sale happens the right is gone. Kansas gives no post-sale redemption period and no right to buy the property back after the sheriff's deed. What exists after the sale is a twelve-month window under K.S.A. 79-2804b to open, vacate, modify, or set aside the judgment, the order of sale, or the sale. That is a title challenge, not redemption: it is available to parties attacking the proceedings, it requires grounds, and it does not let a former owner simply pay the taxes and take the parcel back.
Deed deposit
Kansas fixes no statewide deposit percentage and no statutory bidder registration. K.S.A. 79-2804 is silent on deposits, so the terms are whatever the sheriff publishes for that sale. The statute does require one payment at the auction itself: the register of deeds filing fee for the sheriff's deed is collected from the successful bidder at the time of sale and deposited with the register of deeds at recording. Confirm the county's accepted funds, any registration step, and the payment deadline before bidding, and expect certified funds.
Surplus proceeds
If a parcel sells for more than the judgment lien for taxes, interest, penalty, and charges plus its share of the costs, charges, and expenses of the proceedings and sale, the court orders the excess paid, upon due proof, to the owner or the party entitled to it. The court apportions costs across the parcels sold as soon as practicable after the sale, deducts the total costs from the gross proceeds, and equitably apportions the balance to each parcel that sold for more than its share. The clerk pays that balance to the county treasurer, who prorates it among the state, city, township, school district, and other taxing units in proportion to their interest in the lien, and cancels the taxes charged against the parcel. Tax liens on every parcel sold or redeemed in the action are satisfied and discharged of record.
Governing statute
K.S.A. Chapter 79, Article 28 (79-2801 et seq.)

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 Wyandotte County, Kansas sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Kansas sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the county sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Wyandotte County hold tax deed sales?

Wyandotte County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Two public tax sales a year. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Kansas's redemption rule: Runs BEFORE the sale and ends on the day of the sheriff's sale. One, two, or three years from the county's September bid-off depending on the parcel, then a further right to redeem at the courthouse until the day of sale. Kansas has no redemption period after the sale. Call the Delinquent Real Estate Division, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.

Where can I find the Wyandotte County tax sale list?

Wyandotte County posts its tax sale list at wycokck.org. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

Verified Aug 24, 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 county office before you bid.

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