Tunica County, MS tax sales
How tax lien sales work in Tunica County, seat of Tunica: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Late August.
- Format
- GovEase
- Registration
- Register online through GovEase.
- County office
- (662) 363-1266
On this page
How Tunica County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Tunica County Tax Assessor/Collector
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Late August.
- Registration
- Register online through GovEase.
- Next expected
- on the last Monday in August, 2026 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register online through GovEase. Create an account at govease.com, then open Register/Add Auctions under My Account and register for the Tunica County auction, e-signing or uploading every document the county requires. GovEase states that registration for fall Mississippi counties opens August 3rd, and it lists Tunica County's approval requirement as a signed blank check and a bank letter of credit. Tunica is not on GovEase's list of Mississippi counties taking online deposits and payments, so the county office handles approval and collects payment directly. You cannot bid until My Registrations shows Approved, and registration has to be repeated every year.
Sale format and venue
Tunica County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Tunica 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 Mississippi public notices archive, filter by Tunica County for the published land sale notice for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Late August. Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Tunica County Tax Assessor/Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Tunica County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Mississippi public notices archive, filter by Tunica County for the published land sale notice. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register online through GovEase. Create an account at govease.com, then open Register/Add Auctions under My Account and register for the Tunica County auction, e-signing or uploading every document the county requires. GovEase states that registration for fall Mississippi counties opens August 3rd, and it lists Tunica County's approval requirement as a signed blank check and a bank letter of credit. Tunica is not on GovEase's list of Mississippi counties taking online deposits and payments, so the county office handles approval and collects payment directly. You cannot bid until My Registrations shows Approved, and registration has to be repeated every year.
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 office is a combined assessor and collector. The Mississippi Department of Revenue local officials directory names it "Tunica County Tax Assessor/Collector" and lists Norma Anderson at 1052 South Court, Tunica, MS 38676, phone (662) 363-1266, fax (662) 357-5934.
- Redemption runs through the Tunica County Chancery Clerk, Rechelle R. Siggers, 1300 School Street, Suite 104, Tunica, MS 38676, phone (662) 363-2451, per the same state directory.
- Tunica County appears on GovEase's Mississippi fall auction roster and in the county selector on the GovEase live auction portal, so the annual land sale runs online rather than at the courthouse steps.
- GovEase lists (662) 357-1468 as the Tunica County contact for auction approval, which differs from the (662) 363-1266 office line in the state directory. Try both numbers.
- The county government website at tunicacountymississippi.com has no tax collector, chancery clerk, or tax sale page. Its full page sitemap covers only administrative departments, so sale specifics have to come from GovEase or a phone call to the office.
- The Tax Assessor/Collector page hosted by Tri-State Consulting Services shows a "tax sale listing" label, but that link is not wired to any document.
- Several commercial tax lien aggregator sites publish Tunica County sale inventories. None of them are county sources and none were relied on here.
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 Tunica County, Mississippi sell tax liens or tax deeds?
When is the Tunica County tax certificate sale?
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Where can I find the Tunica County tax sale list?
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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