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Macon County, MO tax sales

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

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Next sale
There is no separate deed auction.
Format
In person
County office
660-385-3214
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How Macon County sells delinquent taxes

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Macon County Collector of Revenue
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
on the fourth Monday, August 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
Sale list
2026 Notice of Tax Certification Sale and tract list (PDF)
When it runs
The Collector's 2026 notice, signed by Collector Rhonda Anno and dated July 13, 2026, sets the sale "on the fourth Monday, August 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m." and places it at "the south front door of the courthouse, in Macon at 101 E. Washington St." The notice says the offering runs "thereinafter until all are offered," so bidding continues until every listed tract has been put up.
Registration and deposit

There is no online bidding portal and no advance registration packet, so plan to be at the south front door of the courthouse in Macon before 10:00 a.m. on sale day. Missouri's Chapter 140 rules require each bidder to swear an affidavit that they are not delinquent on any Missouri property tax, and a bidder who lives outside Missouri must first consent to the jurisdiction of the Missouri courts and appoint a resident agent for service of process. The winning bidder pays the full bid at the sale, so call the Collector at 660-385-3214 or write [email protected] ahead of time to confirm accepted payment forms and any paperwork the office wants signed on the day.

Sale format and venue
Macon County runs the Chapter 140 Jones-Munger sale, and its notice cites Section 140.170 RSMo. There is no land trust and no court-supervised Chapter 141 process here, so the winning bidder leaves with a certificate of purchase rather than title. The published notice states the aggregate of taxes, penalty, interest and cost of sale for each tract, and adds $60.00 advertising plus a $10.98 certified letter charge per parcel, which is the floor a bid has to clear. The 2026 offering carries 50 tracts spread across town lots in Macon, La Plata, Bevier, Callao, New Cambria and Atlanta, rural acreage along State Highways BB, C, J and Old Highway 36, and lake lots including one in Macon Lake Estates. Aggregate amounts run from about $40 on a small rural strip to roughly $186,000 on a commercial parcel at 708 S. Missouri St. in Macon, so the list mixes cheap infill lots with a few large-liability tracts that need underwriting before a bid. Half the list sits under $1,000 of back tax. Anything a bidder buys is subject to the statutory redemption window and to the title search and 90-day notice the certificate holder must complete before asking for a Collector's Deed.
Source: 2026 Notice of Tax Certification Sale, Macon County Collector of Revenue· Verified Aug 22, 2026

Tax deed sale

Run by
County Collector
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
There is no separate deed auction.
When it runs
There is no separate deed auction. Deeds come out of the same August sale once a parcel has cycled past the third offering, and unsold post third offering parcels are re-offered at least once every 30 days. A purchaser at a post third offering sale takes an immediate collector's deed with no redemption period.
Sale format and venue
A first or second offering buyer holds a certificate and must wait out the one year redemption period, obtain a title search, serve the 90 day notice of the right to redeem on the owner and every recorded claimant by both first class and certified mail, file the affidavit with the collector, pay all subsequent taxes and the recording fee, and get the deed executed and recorded within 18 months of the sale. Miss the 18 months and the amount due the purchaser stops being a lien. A third offering buyer follows a shorter version, with a 90 day redemption period and notice to recorded claimants within 45 days of the sale. Counties that have elected the Land Tax Collection Law in Chapter 141 pull those parcels out of the collector's offering lists entirely and foreclose in court, and the sheriff sells them there, so confirm which chapter this county runs.
Source: Missouri Revised Statutes 140.405 - Purchaser of property at delinquent land tax auction, deed issued to, when, notice of right of redemptionMo. Rev. Stat. 140.405· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Macon County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Macon 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 2026 Notice of Tax Certification Sale and tract list (PDF) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    There is no separate deed auction. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use County Collector as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Macon County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from 2026 Notice of Tax Certification Sale and tract list (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    There is no online bidding portal and no advance registration packet, so plan to be at the south front door of the courthouse in Macon before 10:00 a.m. on sale day. Missouri's Chapter 140 rules require each bidder to swear an affidavit that they are not delinquent on any Missouri property tax, and a bidder who lives outside Missouri must first consent to the jurisdiction of the Missouri courts and appoint a resident agent for service of process. The winning bidder pays the full bid at the sale, so call the Collector at 660-385-3214 or write [email protected] ahead of time to confirm accepted payment forms and any paperwork the office wants signed on the day.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Missouri 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

Missouri publishes no standing over the counter certificate list. The equivalent route is the post third offering sale. Parcels that draw no buyer at a third offering must be advertised or offered again once every 30 days, and where the county's appointed trustee declines to take a parcel the collector may sell it at any time and for any amount. A buyer at any of these sales gets an immediate collector's deed, no redemption period, and must first pay every tax that fell due after the taxes named in the advertisement. Parcels the trustee did take are held for the taxing funds and sold on order of the county commission. Ask the collector for the current post third offering list and its bidding terms, because the format varies by county.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Macon County Collector of Revenue

660-385-3214

101 E. Washington St., Ste. 302, Macon, MO 63552

Official website

County notes

  • The Collector's office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday in Suite 302 of the courthouse at 101 E. Washington St. in Macon, with a drop box on the west side outside the office entrance. Rhonda Anno is the elected Collector, reachable at 660-385-3214 or [email protected].
  • The tract list is republished as owners pay. The 2026 notice is dated July 13 and the posted list was revised in mid-August, so pull the current version in the week before the sale rather than working from a copy saved earlier in the summer.
  • Descriptions on the Macon County list are metes-and-bounds and lot-and-block text with a parcel tax ID, not a clean street address on every line. Run each ID through the county parcel mapping at maconcountymo.com/gis before bidding, and check the Recorder of Deeds at 660-385-2732 for other liens, since a certificate of purchase does not clear them.
  • Macon County real estate taxes are due by December 31 and a penalty attaches to everything unpaid after that date, which is what feeds the following August offering.

Missouri rules

Max interest rate
10% per year, set by statute (bidding is on price)
Minimum return
No statutory minimum return; what you earn is set by the price at the sale
Redemption
After a first or second offering sale, the owner and other interested parties hold an absolute right to redeem for one year, then a defeasible right that lasts until the purchaser actually acquires the deed. A purchaser must serve the 90 day notice of the right to redeem before the date on which the deed can be acquired, so the practical window usually runs past the one year mark. After a third offering sale, redemption runs 90 days, and the purchaser must give notice to recorded claimants within 45 days of the sale. After a post third offering sale, there is no redemption period and the deed issues immediately. Minors and incapacitated or disabled persons have a longer right, running five years from the last payment of taxes by that person or a predecessor. The right also ends if the certificate lapses because the purchaser failed to record the deed within 18 months.
Deed deposit
The winning bidder must pay the full amount of the bid to the collector immediately at the sale. Chapter 140 sets no advance bidder deposit and no balance due window. A bidder who fails to pay forfeits a penalty of 25 percent of the bid to the county school fund and the parcel is offered again at once as though no sale had been made. Counties running an online or registered sale may impose their own deposit and registration terms on top of the statute, so confirm them with the collector.
Surplus proceeds
Any amount above the taxes and costs is surplus. The collector pays it into the county treasury, where the treasurer holds it in trust for the lesser of three years or 90 days after the redemption period expires. It is distributed first to the former lienholders of record in the priority their liens held on the date of the sale, then to the former owner. No distribution other than through the redemption process may occur until 90 days after the redemption period ends, and a claimant must file a written claim with the county commission within those 90 days, referencing the recorded lien it rests on. The county pays no interest on the fund. Anything still unclaimed at three years becomes the permanent school fund of the county.
Governing statute
Mo. Rev. Stat. Chapter 140

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 Macon County, Missouri sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Macon County follows Missouri's tax lien state system.

When is the Macon County tax certificate sale?

The Collector's 2026 notice, signed by Collector Rhonda Anno and dated July 13, 2026, sets the sale "on the fourth Monday, August 24, 2026 at 10:00 a.m." and places it at "the south front door of the courthouse, in Macon at 101 E. Washington St." The notice says the offering runs "thereinafter until all are offered," so bidding continues until every listed tract has been put up. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Collector before the sale.

How often does Macon County hold tax deed sales?

Macon County holds its tax deed sale once a year. There is no separate deed auction. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.

I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?

Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Missouri's redemption rule: 1 year from a first or second offering sale, 90 days from a third offering sale, and none after a post third offering sale. Call the County 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 Macon County tax sale list?

Macon County posts its tax sale list at irp.cdn-website.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 22, 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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