Leflore County, MS tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •The Tax Collector is Pamela Keys. The county page lists phone (662) 455-7907 and fax (662) 455-8752 for that office.
• •The Chancery Clerk is Debra Tate Hibbler, P.O. Box 250, Greenwood, MS 38935-0250, phone (662) 453-6203, fax (662) 455-7965, email [email protected]. This is the office to contact about redemption and about the list of lands sold for taxes.
• •The county's own website has no tax sale page, delinquent list, or auction platform listing. The sale facts here come from the Chancery Clerk duties page on the county site plus GovEase, which names Leflore County directly.
• •leflorecounty.org is not the county government. That domain serves prison and jail information behind a Cloudflare challenge. The official county site is leflorecounty.ms.
• •lefloretax.com is the Leflore County Tax Assessor's site (Leroy Ware, P.O. Box 1957, Greenwood, MS 38935, phone (662) 455-7900). It covers assessment, homestead exemption and property search, and carries no tax sale logistics. The Tax Collector is a separate office with a separate post office box and phone.
• •The Tax Collector page shows the mailing address as P.O. Box 1349 with a ZIP+4 of 38935-1953, which appears to be a typographical error on the county page since that ZIP+4 belongs to the Assessor's P.O. Box 1957. The base ZIP 38935 is used here.
• •The GovEase county identifier for Leflore is ms/leflore/1042. The parcel list link GovEase publishes for Leflore resolves to https://liveauctions.govease.com/ms/leflore/1042/auctions/refresh, which requires a bidder login, so the public auction calendar page is cited as the list source instead.

Mississippi rules

Max interest rate

18% per year, set by statute (bidding is on price)Miss. Code Ann. 27-45-3 - Persons who may redeem landMiss. Code Ann. 27-45-3Verified Aug 6, 2026

Minimum return

1.5% floor at redemptionMiss. Code Ann. 27-45-3 - Persons who may redeem landMiss. Code Ann. 27-45-3Verified Aug 6, 2026

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.Miss. Code Ann. 27-45-3 - Persons who may redeem landMiss. Code Ann. 27-45-3Verified Aug 6, 2026

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.Miss. Code Ann. 27-41-77 - Sales of land for taxes; disposition of excess in amount bidMiss. Code Ann. 27-41-77Verified Aug 6, 2026

Governing statute

Miss. Code Ann. Title 27, Chapter 41Miss. Code Ann. 27-41-59 - Sales of land for taxes; conduct of sale; online bidding and saleMiss. Code Ann. 27-41-59Verified Aug 6, 2026

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.

See the full Mississippirules and every county →