Holmes County, MS tax sales
How tax lien sales work in Holmes County, seat of Lexington: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Late August, on the last Monday of the month.
- Registration
- Holmes County publishes no bidder registration instructions.
- County office
- 662-834-2865
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How Holmes County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Holmes County Tax Assessor/Collector
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Late August, on the last Monday of the month.
- Registration
- Holmes County publishes no bidder registration instructions.
- Next expected
- on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Late August, on the last Monday of the month. The Chancery Clerk's published duties include "Receive and maintain the list of lands sold for taxes on the last Monday of every August," and the Tax Assessor/Collector page states "The Tax Collector must advertise and hold a tax sale once a year for any unpaid taxes on real estate or any special assessments."
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Holmes County has no dedicated tax sale page on its county website, and no online auction platform is confirmed for this county, so verify the sale format, location, and registration directly with the Tax Assessor/Collector at 662-834-2865 before bidding. The two office pages confirm the sale exists and runs on the last Monday of August, but they publish no sale list, no bidder packet, and no auction vendor. Redemption runs through the Chancery Clerk at 2 Court Square, Lexington, and the county instructs that delinquent taxes are paid at that office by cash, money order, or check, which points to an in-office rather than online redemption process. Parcels that draw no bidder are forfeited to the State of Mississippi for non-payment of ad valorem taxes and are then handled by the Secretary of State's Public Lands Division, which has required all applications to purchase tax-forfeited land to be submitted through its online property application site since October 31, 2015. Treat any third-party auction listing site that posts a Holmes County notice as a courtesy notice only until the Tax Collector confirms it, since aggregator sites routinely republish Mississippi land sale notices for sales they do not conduct.
Source: Holmes County Tax Assessor/Collector office page· Verified Aug 7, 2026
Holmes County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Holmes 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.
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.Register to bid
Sale day
Late August, on the last Monday of the month. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Holmes County Tax Assessor/Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Holmes County
4 checks
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.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.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
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.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Tax Assessor/Collector: Linda Rollins, 1 Court Square, PO Box 449, Lexington, MS 39095. Phone 662-834-2865, fax 662-834-9010.
- Chancery Clerk: Charlie Luckett, 2 Court Square, PO Box 1211, Lexington, MS 39095. Phone 662-834-2508, fax 662-834-1872. The Chancery Clerk receives and maintains the list of lands sold for taxes, processes and accounts for all redemptions, researches owners and lien holders to issue notice before the right of redemption is foreclosed, and issues the clerk's conveyance (tax deed) on matured parcels.
- The county's own guidance for paying delinquent taxes is: at the Chancery Clerk's Office via cash, money order, or check, phone 662-834-2508. Current land taxes go to the Tax Collector's Office at 662-834-2865, which takes cash, check, money order, or debit card but not credit cards.
- No county-hosted delinquent land list, sale list, or over-the-counter list was found, and no online redemption lookup was found for Holmes County. Investors should request the advertised land sale list from the Tax Assessor/Collector and check the county's legal-organ newspaper advertisement.
- Unsold parcels forfeit to the State of Mississippi. The Secretary of State's Public Lands Division maintains a tax-forfeited inventory and an interactive map at https://tflgis.sos.ms.gov/, and can be reached at 601-359-6393 or 1-866-835-2637.
- Holmes County offers online payment for current real property, personal property, and mobile home taxes through https://holmes.ibcpayments.com/, which is a current-tax portal only and does not handle sale or redemption payments.
Mississippi rules
- 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.
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
Does Holmes 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 Holmes County tax certificate sale?
Late August, on the last Monday of the month. The Chancery Clerk's published duties include "Receive and maintain the list of lands sold for taxes on the last Monday of every August," and the Tax Assessor/Collector page states "The Tax Collector must advertise and hold a tax sale once a year for any unpaid taxes on real estate or any special assessments." 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 Holmes County Tax Assessor/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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