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Grenada County, MS tax sales

How tax lien sales work in Grenada County, seat of Grenada: 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
The same last-Monday rule puts the 2026 sale on August 31, 2026.Monday · 2026
Format
GovEase
Registration
Bidding runs through a GovEase account.
County office
(662) 226-1741
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How Grenada 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)

GovEase
Run by
Grenada County Tax Collector
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
The same last-Monday rule puts the 2026 sale on August 31, 2026.
Registration
Bidding runs through a GovEase account.
Next expected
on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
Grenada County parcel list on GovEase
When it runs
Annual, the last Monday in August. The Tax Collector's published notice reads: "I, DAVID MELTON, TAX COLLECTOR OF THE COUNTY OF GRENADA, IN SAID STATE WILL ON THE LAST MONDAY OF AUGUST, 2025 CONDUCT AN ONLINE TAX SALE, PURSUANT TO MISSISSIPPI CODE 27-41-49 TO 27-41-89, AS AMENDED, FOR ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LANDS SITUATED IN SAID COUNTY, ON WHICH TAXES REMAIN UNPAID." That notice ran on August 6, 2025. The same last-Monday rule puts the 2026 sale on August 31, 2026. Confirm the current year's date and start time with the Tax Collector.
Registration and deposit

Bidding runs through a GovEase account. Create the account at govease.com, complete the sign-up fields and accept the terms, then use the Register / Add Auctions menu to sign up for the MS - Grenada auction and electronically sign or upload whatever documents the county requires. GovEase states that bidders "do have to register for county/city auctions each year by completing all required documents." After submitting, check the My Registrations page for approval status and your approved dollar amount. Grenada County does not publish its own registration cutoff, so register well ahead of the last Monday in August and call the Tax Collector at (662) 226-1741 to confirm deposit and deadline requirements.

Sale format and venue
The sale is conducted online, not at the courthouse. The Tax Collector's own notice describes it as an online tax sale under Miss. Code Ann. 27-41-49 through 27-41-89, and GovEase carries a dedicated Grenada County auction page. Outside the sale window that page returns no parcels, so the list appears only shortly before the August sale. GovEase lists two separate Grenada jurisdictions, "MS - Grenada" for the county sale and "MS - City of Grenada" for the separate municipal sale, so register for the one you intend to bid in. The statutory advertisement with the parcel descriptions runs in The Grenada Star legal notices, where the full text sits behind a subscriber paywall. Grenada County has no working general government website of its own, so the Tax Collector's published notice and the auction platform are the primary sources for sale logistics. The Chancery Clerk, not the Tax Collector, holds the sale record, receives redemption money and issues the tax deed once the redemption period runs out.
Register on GovEase
Source: Tax Collector's Sale of Land for Taxes, Grenada County legal notice published in The Grenada Star· Verified Aug 7, 2026

Grenada County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Grenada 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 Grenada County parcel list on GovEase for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Bidding runs through a GovEase account. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    The same last-Monday rule puts the 2026 sale on August 31, 2026. Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Grenada County Tax Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Grenada County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Grenada County parcel list on GovEase. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidding runs through a GovEase account. Create the account at govease.com, complete the sign-up fields and accept the terms, then use the Register / Add Auctions menu to sign up for the MS - Grenada auction and electronically sign or upload whatever documents the county requires. GovEase states that bidders "do have to register for county/city auctions each year by completing all required documents." After submitting, check the My Registrations page for approval status and your approved dollar amount. Grenada County does not publish its own registration cutoff, so register well ahead of the last Monday in August and call the Tax Collector at (662) 226-1741 to confirm deposit and deadline requirements.

  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)

Grenada County Tax Assessor and Collector

(662) 226-1741

59 Green Street, Rooms 6 and 7, Grenada, MS 38902-1488

County notes

  • The Tax Collector conducts the sale and the Chancery Clerk handles everything after it. Per the Mississippi Department of Revenue local officials directory, the Grenada County Tax Assessor and Collector is David Melton at 59 Green Street, Rooms 6 and 7, Grenada, MS 38902-1488, (662) 226-1741. The Grenada County Chancery Clerk is Johnny Hayward at 59 Green Street, Suite 1, Grenada, MS 38902-1208, (662) 226-1821. Direct redemption questions and tax deed applications to the Chancery Clerk.
  • Grenada County has no functioning general government website. The domain grenadacountygov.com loads only a frame pointing at a hosting address that no longer serves content, so there is no county-run tax sale page. Verify anything time sensitive by phone with the Tax Collector.
  • Property tax records are searchable through the county's online portal at grenadacountyms.org, which links to real property, personal property and mobile home tax lookups plus car tag renewals. That portal is a records search only and does not publish the tax sale list.
  • GovEase separates the county sale from the city sale. The platform lists both "MS - Grenada" and "MS - City of Grenada" as distinct auctions, and registration approval for one does not carry over to the other.
  • The pre-sale parcel list is hard to get early. The GovEase auction page shows no parcels outside the sale window, and the statutory newspaper advertisement in The Grenada Star is paywalled. Plan on buying newspaper access or requesting the list directly from the Tax Collector's office.
  • Grenada County's own sale page and any registration deadline, deposit amount or start time were not published anywhere reachable during this research. Treat the platform and the last-Monday-in-August timing as verified, and confirm the operational details with the Tax Collector before the sale.

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 Grenada 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 Grenada County tax certificate sale?

Annual, the last Monday in August. The Tax Collector's published notice reads: "I, DAVID MELTON, TAX COLLECTOR OF THE COUNTY OF GRENADA, IN SAID STATE WILL ON THE LAST MONDAY OF AUGUST, 2025 CONDUCT AN ONLINE TAX SALE, PURSUANT TO MISSISSIPPI CODE 27-41-49 TO 27-41-89, AS AMENDED, FOR ALL THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LANDS SITUATED IN SAID COUNTY, ON WHICH TAXES REMAIN UNPAID." That notice ran on August 6, 2025. The same last-Monday rule puts the 2026 sale on August 31, 2026. Confirm the current year's date and start time with the Tax Collector. Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. 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 Grenada 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.

Where can I find the Grenada County tax sale list?

Grenada County posts its tax sale list at liveauctions.govease.com. 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 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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