Randolph County, MO tax sales

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County notes

• •The Collector conducts the sale in person at the Randolph County Courthouse in Huntsville and buyers must be present to bid. There is no online bidding platform for this sale.
• •Each parcel is offered individually under a brief legal description, and bidding begins at the amount of taxes, penalties and sale costs. The winning bidder pays the full purchase price to the Collector's office immediately at the close of the sale.
• •Bidders must sign an affidavit that they are not currently delinquent on any tax payments. Affidavits are available in the Collector's office and must be completed before the sale, and a missing or false affidavit may invalidate the purchase.
• •Non-residents of Missouri may not bid unless the procedures required by Missouri statute have been completed and special arrangements have been made with the Collector before the sale.
• •The Collector issues and mails a Certificate of Purchase, held for one year or until the property is redeemed. Any bid surplus above the delinquent taxes and sale costs belongs to the owner of record and is deposited in a fund held by the County Treasurer.
• •Liens are not extinguished at the sale or during redemption. Before a Collector's Deed will issue, the certificate holder must complete a lien search and furnish the findings to the Collector, give the recorded owner and every recorded deed of trust, mortgage, lease, lien or claim holder at least 90 days notice by certified mail with proof of mailing, surrender the certificate, and pay recording and collection fees.
• •The 2026 notice carries about 90 first-offering tracts plus six second-offering and two third-offering tracts, with situs addresses in Moberly, Huntsville and rural Randolph County.
• •The parcel list runs in the Moberly Monitor Index for three consecutive weeks before the sale, with the last insertion at least fifteen days ahead of sale day. For 2026 the insertions were July 24, July 30 and August 7.
• •The notice gives a situs address as a locator only. Pull the recorded deed at the Recorder of Deeds office in Huntsville for the full legal description before you bid.

Missouri rules

Max interest rate

10% per year, set by statute (bidding is on price)Missouri Revised Statutes 140.290 - Certificate of purchase, contents, fee, nonresidentsMo. Rev. Stat. 140.290Verified Aug 18, 2026

Minimum return

No statutory minimum return; what you earn is set by the price at the saleMissouri Revised Statutes 140.340 - Redemption, when, mannerMo. Rev. Stat. 140.340Verified Aug 18, 2026

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.Missouri Revised Statutes 140.340 - Redemption, when, mannerMo. Rev. Stat. 140.340Verified Aug 18, 2026

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.Missouri Revised Statutes 140.250 - Third offering of delinquent lands and lots, redemption, subsequent sale, collector's deedMo. Rev. Stat. 140.250Verified Aug 18, 2026

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.Missouri Revised Statutes 140.230 - Foreclosure sale surplus, deposited in treasury, escheats, proof of claimsMo. Rev. Stat. 140.230Verified Aug 18, 2026

Governing statute

Mo. Rev. Stat. Chapter 140Missouri Revised Statutes 140.150 - Lands, lots, mineral rights, and royalty interests subject to sale, whenMo. Rev. Stat. 140.150Verified Aug 18, 2026

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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