Perry County, MS tax sales
How tax lien sales work in Perry County, seat of New Augusta: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Tax sale scheduled for August 31, 2026.Monday · 2026
- Registration
- The county does not publish an online bidder registration process for the land sale.
- County office
- 601-902-4510
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On this page
How Perry County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Perry County Tax Assessor/Collector
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- The county does not publish an online bidder registration process for the land sale.
- Next expected
- on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Annually on the last Monday in August. The Tax Assessor/Collector page states the auction is "ALWAYS held on the LAST MONDAY of August." A county notice gives the current cycle date as August 31, 2026, and lists August 28, 2026 as the last day to pay 2025 land taxes.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Perry County sells delinquent land taxes at an annual land sale conducted by the Tax Assessor/Collector, currently Amy Cochran. The office page answers "Is there a land auction?" with "Yes! All unpaid property taxes are auctioned off each year. This auction is ALWAYS held on the LAST MONDAY of August." Unpaid parcels are advertised in the Richton Dispatch at the beginning of August rather than posted as an online list, so the newspaper run is the practical sale list. No online auction platform is confirmed for this county on any official page, so verify the sale format and location with the Tax Collector before traveling. After the sale, the Chancery Clerk holds the sale record, collects delinquent land tax payments and redemptions, and issues tax deeds on lands sold for taxes once the redemption period matures. The Chancery Clerk office takes cash, check, or money order only and does not accept card payments. A county notice lists 601-964-3398 extension 4 as an alternate line for the tax office; the same 601-964-3398 number is published elsewhere on the county site for the Circuit Clerk, so it appears to be a shared courthouse line reached by extension.
Source: Perry County Tax Assessor/Collector, land tax questions and annual land auction· Verified Aug 7, 2026
Perry County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Perry 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
Use Perry County property tax records lookup (Delta Computer Systems) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Tax sale scheduled for August 31, 2026. 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 Perry County Tax Assessor/Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Perry County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Perry County property tax records lookup (Delta Computer Systems). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.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)
Perry County Tax Assessor/Collector
105 S. Main St., New Augusta, MS 39462 (mailing: P.O. Box 306, New Augusta, MS 39462)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Current land taxes are paid to the Tax Assessor/Collector, but delinquent land taxes are paid to the Chancery Clerk. The Chancery Clerk page states: "Where do I go to pay my delinquent land taxes? The Chancery office! We take the payments for all late/delinquent land taxes."
- Chancery Clerk contact for redemption and tax sale records: Larry Wilson, 103 S. Main St., New Augusta, MS 39462, mailing P.O. Box 198, New Augusta, MS 39462, phone 601-964-8398, fax 601-964-8746.
- Land tax bills are mailed at the end of November, payments are not accepted before December 1, and taxes are due on or before February 1 with a 0.5 percent penalty added each month until August.
- Unpaid parcels are published in the Richton Dispatch at the beginning of August, ahead of the last-Monday-in-August sale. There is no county-hosted online delinquent list.
- No online auction platform is named on any Perry County official page for the land sale. Confirm the sale format, location, and bidding rules with the Tax Assessor/Collector at 601-902-4510 before the sale date.
- The county links to Delta Computer Systems (record set MS56, Perry County Mississippi) for real property tax, appraisal, personal property, and mobile home records, and to Tri-State Consulting Services plus an ArcGIS viewer for parcel mapping.
- The Chancery Clerk page points to a separate county land records site for recorded deeds and mortgages; that site returned only a redirect shell when fetched, so its contents were not verified.
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 Perry 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 Perry County tax certificate sale?
Annually on the last Monday in August. The Tax Assessor/Collector page states the auction is "ALWAYS held on the LAST MONDAY of August." A county notice gives the current cycle date as August 31, 2026, and lists August 28, 2026 as the last day to pay 2025 land taxes. 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 Perry 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 Perry County tax sale list?
Perry County posts its tax sale list at deltacomputersystems.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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