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Alcorn County, MS tax sales

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

New to tax sales? Read how Mississippi tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
Annual, always the last Monday in August.
Format
In person
Registration
No online bidder registration and no advance sign-up form is published.
County office
662-286-7750
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How Alcorn County sells delinquent taxes

From lien to deed

Mississippi holds no separate tax deed auction. The land is sold once, at the tax collector's annual land sale. When the two-year redemption period expires without redemption, the chancery clerk executes a deed of conveyance to the tax-sale purchaser on demand.

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Alcorn County Tax Collector
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Annual, always the last Monday in August.
Registration
No online bidder registration and no advance sign-up form is published.
Next expected
on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Annual, always the last Monday in August. The county's tax sale page states: "Alcorn County, like most counties, holds their Tax Sale on the last Monday in August at 8:30 a.m. each year." It repeats that "The date of the Tax Sale in Alcorn County is always the last Monday in August, beginning promptly at 8:30a.m." and that the office is "usually finished by 12:30." Parcels with unpaid taxes are advertised in The Daily Corinthian "one day a week for two consecutive weeks after the fifth day of August."
Registration and deposit

No online bidder registration and no advance sign-up form is published. The county states: "You or your representative must be present to bid on property, no sales are available by phone or fax." Bidding opens at the delinquency: "The beginning amount is always the amount of the taxes and penalty." Winners settle the same day, since "Payment in full must be made for all bids at the end of the sale by cash or certified funds." Overbids earn nothing and are never returned, so the county warns that a purchaser "could easily lose money if they overbid and the property was redeemed fairly soon after the sale." Call the Tax Collector at 662-286-7750 to confirm current bidder requirements before the sale.

Sale format and venue
Alcorn County runs its annual land sale in person at the courthouse in Corinth, so no online auction platform is listed here. The county page is explicit that attendance is required to bid, and no auction platform, GovEase, RealAuction, or similar vendor is named anywhere on the Tax Collector, Tax Sale, or Chancery Clerk pages. The county also does not publish the sale list in advance: "No lists of property to be sold will be provided by this office until the morning of the tax sale," because owners keep paying up to the last minute, so the newspaper advertisement in The Daily Corinthian (662-287-6111) is the only pre-sale list. The City of Corinth holds its own separate municipal sale at city hall starting at 1:00 p.m. the same day, which is a different sale from the county's. On redemption the Chancery Clerk, not the Tax Collector, returns the base taxes and penalty plus interest at 1.5 percent, and the overbid is excluded from that payback. After the two-year redemption period runs out, the purchaser applies to the Chancery Clerk for a tax deed. The county cautions that redemption is the usual outcome: it reports that out of roughly 400 parcels sold, fewer than about 4 percent remain unredeemed.
Source: Alcorn County Tax Collector, The Tax Sale· Verified Aug 7, 2026

Alcorn County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Alcorn 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

    A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.

  2. Register to bid

    No online bidder registration and no advance sign-up form is published. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Annual, always the last Monday in August. 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 Alcorn County Tax Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Alcorn County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No online bidder registration and no advance sign-up form is published. The county states: "You or your representative must be present to bid on property, no sales are available by phone or fax." Bidding opens at the delinquency: "The beginning amount is always the amount of the taxes and penalty." Winners settle the same day, since "Payment in full must be made for all bids at the end of the sale by cash or certified funds." Overbids earn nothing and are never returned, so the county warns that a purchaser "could easily lose money if they overbid and the property was redeemed fairly soon after the sale." Call the Tax Collector at 662-286-7750 to confirm current bidder requirements before the sale.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Mississippi 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

Mississippi counties do not keep an over-the-counter list. A tract that draws no bid is struck off to the state, and if it is still unredeemed after two years the chancery clerk certifies it to the Secretary of State. Any person may then apply in writing to the Secretary of State's Public Lands Division to buy the parcel, and the office may also sell state-forfeited land by sealed bid after three weeks of newspaper advertisement, or by online auction.

Mississippi Secretary of State tax-forfeited land inventory and application

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

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Alcorn County Tax Collector

662-286-7750

306 South Cass Street, Corinth, MS 38834 (mailing: P.O. Box 190, Corinth, MS 38835-0190)

Official website

County notes

  • Two offices split the work. The Alcorn County Tax Collector at 306 South Cass Street, Corinth (662-286-7750) conducts the August land sale. The Alcorn County Chancery Clerk at 501 Waldron Street, Corinth (662-286-7700, mailing P.O. Box 69, Corinth, MS 38835-0069) handles all redemptions, pays purchasers back, and issues the tax deed after two years. The Chancery Clerk staff list names a dedicated delinquent-taxes contact.
  • The sale is in person at the courthouse. The county states that you or your representative must be present to bid, and that no sales are available by phone or fax, so remote or proxy online bidding is not offered. Mississippi law lets a board of supervisors ratify an online provider, but Alcorn County publishes no such arrangement.
  • There is no downloadable pre-sale list. The Tax Collector releases the list of property to be sold only on the morning of the sale, and the statutory advertisement runs in The Daily Corinthian one day a week for two weeks after August 5. Parcel-level research before the sale can be done through the county's tax search at Delta Computer Systems.
  • Overbidding destroys yield here. The county states plainly that overbids are non recoverable, earn no interest, and are not returned to the purchaser when the taxes are redeemed, so any amount bid above the taxes and penalty is a pure loss if the owner redeems.
  • The Tax Collector's tax sale page is informative but partly dated: its illustrative volume figures cite the 2012 sale (641 parcels, about $184,000). Treat the timing, the in-person format, and the payment terms as current, and call the office for this year's parcel count and any procedural change.

Mississippi rules

Max interest rate
18% per year, set by statute (bidding is on price)
Minimum return
1.5% floor at redemption
Redemption
Miss. Code Ann. 27-43-1 requires the chancery clerk to issue notice to the record owner within 180 days and not less than 60 days before the redemption period expires. Miss. Code Ann. 27-43-3 then requires the sheriff or a constable to serve a resident owner, the clerk to mail the notice by registered or certified mail, and the owner's name and the legal description to be published in a county newspaper at least 45 days before the period ends. Recorded lienors get their own notice. If the clerk inadvertently fails to send the notice, the sale is void. The clerk's fees for that work are taxed against the owner on redemption and against the purchaser if the land is not redeemed.
Surplus proceeds
Any amount bid above the taxes and costs is reported to the chancery clerk and paid into the county treasury. If the land is redeemed, or the purchaser's title is defeated or set aside, the county keeps the excess. If the land is not redeemed, the former owner may request the excess after the redemption period ends, and the county keeps it if no request comes within two years.
Governing statute
Miss. Code Ann. Title 27, Chapter 41

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 Alcorn County, Mississippi sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax lien certificates. In Mississippi investors buy the lien, not the property; the County Tax Collector runs the sale.

When is the Alcorn County tax certificate sale?

Annual, always the last Monday in August. The county's tax sale page states: "Alcorn County, like most counties, holds their Tax Sale on the last Monday in August at 8:30 a.m. each year." It repeats that "The date of the Tax Sale in Alcorn County is always the last Monday in August, beginning promptly at 8:30a.m." and that the office is "usually finished by 12:30." Parcels with unpaid taxes are advertised in The Daily Corinthian "one day a week for two consecutive weeks after the fifth day of August." The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Tax Collector before the sale.

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

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Mississippi's redemption rule: 2 years from the day of the tax sale. Call the Alcorn County Tax Collector 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.

Verified Aug 7, 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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