Quitman County, MS tax sales
How tax lien sales work in Quitman County, seat of Marks: 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
- Registration
- The county publishes no bidder registration instructions online.
- County office
- 662-326-8928
On this page
How Quitman County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Quitman County Tax Assessor/Tax Collector
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- The county publishes no bidder registration instructions online.
- Next expected
- on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
The county publishes no bidder registration instructions online. Its tax notice names no online auction provider, and Quitman County did not appear among the live and upcoming county auctions listed on GovEase when that list was checked on August 7, 2026. Call the Tax Assessor/Tax Collector at 662-326-8928, or visit 220 Chestnut St. Ste. 1, Marks, MS 38646, to ask how bidders register, what deposit is required, and whether the current year's sale is taken in the courthouse or through an online provider.
Sale format and venue
Quitman County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Quitman 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
on the last Monday in August, 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 Quitman County Tax Assessor/Tax Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Quitman 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.Confirm registration and deposit
The county publishes no bidder registration instructions online. Its tax notice names no online auction provider, and Quitman County did not appear among the live and upcoming county auctions listed on GovEase when that list was checked on August 7, 2026. Call the Tax Assessor/Tax Collector at 662-326-8928, or visit 220 Chestnut St. Ste. 1, Marks, MS 38646, to ask how bidders register, what deposit is required, and whether the current year's sale is taken in the courthouse or through an online provider.
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
- The Tax Assessor and Tax Collector are one combined office, held by Alice Crowder-Smith at 220 Chestnut St. Ste. 1, Marks, MS 38646, phone 662.326.8928. The Tax Collector conducts the land sale; the county tax notice refers to her simply as "the Tax Collector".
- The Chancery Clerk, T.H. (Butch) Scipper, holds the sale record and processes redemption. Office: 220 Chestnut St. Ste. 2, Marks, MS 38646, phone 662.326.2661. The county tax notice routes redemption callers to extension 7 and to [email protected].
- Timing here departs from the statewide pattern. Mississippi's default land sale is the last Monday in August, but Quitman's own notice documents April sales for both the 2017 and the 2019 tax rolls, each on the first Monday of April. Treat April as the county's documented practice, not as a confirmed date for the current year.
- The only sale document the county has published is dated March 24, 2020. The county website's officials pages, its media library and its site search return nothing newer about the tax sale, which is why this record is rated medium rather than high. Call the Tax Collector to refresh the date and the format before bidding.
- No online auction platform is confirmed for Quitman County. It was not listed among GovEase's live and upcoming auctions when checked, and no county page names a provider. Ask the Tax Collector's office whether the sale is held in person at the courthouse in Marks or taken online.
- Property taxes are due February 1 each year, per the county's own page: "Your property taxes are due February 1st of each year." In 2020 the county set the last day to pay the 2019 taxes as the same day as the sale.
- The county does not post a delinquent or sale list. It advertises in the Quitman County Democrat. Budget lead time to get the list from the Tax Collector's office or from the newspaper rather than expecting a download.
- Third-party tax-lien listing sites publish Quitman County inventories. None of them is the county's list and none conducts the sale. Treat the Tax Collector's office as the record source.
- A Quitman County also exists in Georgia, with its own separately branded tax commissioner site. Search results mix the two, so confirm any page you rely on names Marks, Mississippi.
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 Quitman County, Mississippi sell tax liens or tax deeds?
When is the Quitman County tax certificate sale?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
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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