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Neshoba County, MS tax sales

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

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Next sale
on the last Monday in August, 2026
Format
GovEase
Registration
Registration is online through GovEase, not at the courthouse.
County office
601-656-4541
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How Neshoba 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
Neshoba County Tax Assessor/Collector
Frequency
annual
Registration
Registration is online through GovEase, not at the courthouse.
Next expected
on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
GovEase auction portal, MS - Neshoba parcel list (bidder account required)
When it runs
Neshoba County sells online through GovEase and appears on GovEase's Mississippi fall calendar under the heading "2026 Mississippi Fall Auctions (All auctions begin August 31st at 8:30 a.m. CDT)", which is the statutory last Monday in August. GovEase's Mississippi overview says sales are held on either "the first Monday in April or the last Monday in August" and run from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., continuing the next business day if parcels remain. Neshoba County does not appear on GovEase's Mississippi spring calendar, so the August sale is the county's annual land sale. The county's own Tax Assessor/Collector page states only that "The Tax Collector must advertise and hold a tax sale once a year for any unpaid taxes on real estate or any special assessments" and publishes no date, so confirm the current year's date with the office.
Registration and deposit

Registration is online through GovEase, not at the courthouse. GovEase states: "To be approved to bid in any auction, you must create or log in to a GovEase account. Once you have created and logged in to your GovEase account, you must complete the county-specific registration documents online with GovEase." The steps are to visit Govease.com, click Sign Up/Log In at the top right, complete all fields that apply to you, open Register/Add Auctions under My Account, click Register beside Neshoba County, click Sign Now and electronically sign the pre-populated W-9, then e-sign or upload the additional documents listed on the county registration page. GovEase records Neshoba County's approval requirement as "Signed Blank Check & Bank Letter of Credit". GovEase also states that "Registration will not begin until March 6th for Spring MS counties and August 3rd for Fall MS Counties." Neshoba County is not on GovEase's list of Mississippi counties where GovEase handles deposits and payments, so payment is arranged directly with the Tax Collector's office at 601-656-4541. Check the My Registrations page for approval status before the sale, because GovEase warns "You will NOT be able to bid until you have been approved." GovEase support is 769-208-5050.

Sale format and venue
The auction is run online by GovEase for the Neshoba County Tax Assessor/Collector, and the county selector on the GovEase live auction portal lists "MS - Neshoba". Bidding is a premium bid: GovEase says "Mississippi Tax Lien Auctions are conducted by a 'premium bid,' meaning the highest bid wins. Bidders are bidding up from the face value amount," and the overbid above face value earns no interest. GovEase records 1.5% interest per month on the face value and a two year statutory redemption period from the date of sale. Neshoba County publishes no tax sale page of its own. The Tax Assessor/Collector page carries a single sentence about the annual sale, the Chancery Clerk page has no tax sale or redemption content, and the county Public Notices page listed no land sale notice when checked. The Tri-State Consulting Services county portal linked from the Tax Assessor/Collector page shows a "tax sale listing" menu item, but that link has no destination, so no list is reachable there. Under Mississippi law the delinquent list is advertised in a local newspaper, and parcels appear on the county's GovEase auction page once registration opens. The American Financial Credit Services collection contact shown on the county page covers delinquent personal property and mobile home taxes, not the real estate land sale, so do not treat it as a sale contact. Verify the sale date, the registration opening, and the signed blank check and bank letter of credit requirement with the office before committing funds.
Register on GovEase
Source: GovEase Help, Mississippi Fall Counties· Verified Aug 7, 2026

Neshoba County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Neshoba 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 GovEase auction portal, MS - Neshoba parcel list (bidder account required) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Registration is online through GovEase, not at the courthouse. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    on the last Monday in August, 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 Neshoba County Tax Assessor/Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Neshoba County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from GovEase auction portal, MS - Neshoba parcel list (bidder account required). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Registration is online through GovEase, not at the courthouse. GovEase states: "To be approved to bid in any auction, you must create or log in to a GovEase account. Once you have created and logged in to your GovEase account, you must complete the county-specific registration documents online with GovEase." The steps are to visit Govease.com, click Sign Up/Log In at the top right, complete all fields that apply to you, open Register/Add Auctions under My Account, click Register beside Neshoba County, click Sign Now and electronically sign the pre-populated W-9, then e-sign or upload the additional documents listed on the county registration page. GovEase records Neshoba County's approval requirement as "Signed Blank Check & Bank Letter of Credit". GovEase also states that "Registration will not begin until March 6th for Spring MS counties and August 3rd for Fall MS Counties." Neshoba County is not on GovEase's list of Mississippi counties where GovEase handles deposits and payments, so payment is arranged directly with the Tax Collector's office at 601-656-4541. Check the My Registrations page for approval status before the sale, because GovEase warns "You will NOT be able to bid until you have been approved." GovEase support is 769-208-5050.

  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)

Neshoba County Tax Assessor/Collector

601-656-4541

401 Beacon Street, Suite 105, Philadelphia, MS 39350

Official website

County notes

  • The Tax Assessor/Collector is Mike Lewis. Office hours are "Monday - Friday - 8:00 AM until 5:00 PM (excluding holidays)". Fax is 601-656-5121 and the office email listed is [email protected].
  • Chancery Clerk Gidget Stovall Tate holds the sale record and processes redemption. The office is at 401 E. Beacon Street, Suite 107, Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350, phone 601-656-3581, fax 601-656-5915. The Chancery Clerk page publishes no redemption instructions or fee schedule, so call for a redemption quote.
  • GovEase's Mississippi county contact list gives Annie Peebles at (601) 656-4541 as the Neshoba County contact for the sale, which matches the Tax Assessor/Collector's main line.
  • Property tax payment and appraisal lookups run through Delta Computer Systems at deltacomputersystems.com/MS/MS50/INDEX.HTML, land records and land roll searches through the same host, and ownership maps through tscmaps.com/cnty/neshoba-ms/. None of these publishes a delinquent or sale list.
  • Neshoba County is absent from GovEase's 2026 Mississippi spring calendar, which names only Amite, Attala, Bolivar District 1, Bolivar District 2, City of West Point, Coahoma, Montgomery, Quitman, Sunflower, Washington, Wilkinson, Yalobusha District 1 and Yalobusha District 2.
  • Quality call: county-specific sale logistics were verified on the platform that actually runs the sale (Neshoba's entry in the GovEase county selector, its placement on the fall auction calendar, and its county-specific approval requirement), but the county's own website publishes no sale page, date, list, or platform name, so data_quality is medium rather than high.
  • No third-party courtesy-notice listing was found for this county, so there is no misleading non-platform site to warn about.

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 Neshoba 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 Neshoba County tax certificate sale?

Neshoba County sells online through GovEase and appears on GovEase's Mississippi fall calendar under the heading "2026 Mississippi Fall Auctions (All auctions begin August 31st at 8:30 a.m. CDT)", which is the statutory last Monday in August. GovEase's Mississippi overview says sales are held on either "the first Monday in April or the last Monday in August" and run from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., continuing the next business day if parcels remain. Neshoba County does not appear on GovEase's Mississippi spring calendar, so the August sale is the county's annual land sale. The county's own Tax Assessor/Collector page states only that "The Tax Collector must advertise and hold a tax sale once a year for any unpaid taxes on real estate or any special assessments" and publishes no date, so confirm the current year's date with the office. 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 Neshoba 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.

Where can I find the Neshoba County tax sale list?

Neshoba 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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