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Frontier County, NE tax sales

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

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Next sale
Nebraska holds no tax deed auction.
Format
In person
Registration
Register with the Treasurer before the sale.
County office
308-367-8631
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How Frontier County sells delinquent taxes

From lien to deed

Nebraska holds no county tax deed auction. A certificate holder reaches title down one of two roads, and which road is available depends on how much equity is in the parcel. Three years after the date of the tax sale, and after serving the Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1831 notice at least three months in advance, the holder may apply to the county treasurer for a tax deed. That road is open only where 110 percent of the parcel's assessed value at the time of the application, less the amount that would be needed to redeem it, is twenty five thousand dollars or less. Where the equity is larger the holder must instead foreclose the certificate in the district court of the county where the land lies, in the same manner as a real estate mortgage foreclosure. Either step has to be taken within nine months after the expiration of three years from the date of sale, or nine months after two years where the holder is a land bank and the parcel qualifies as vacant and abandoned. Missing the window voids the certificate.

Tax certificate sale (lien)

In person
Run by
Frontier County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Registration
Register with the Treasurer before the sale.
Next expected
on the first Monday in March, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
Frontier County Treasurer public tax sale page, with the delinquent real property list link
When it runs
Annual. The Treasurer states the sale "is held the first Monday in March each year at 9:00 A.M. at the County Courthouse." The county listed its most recent sale as Monday, March 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., which puts the next one on the first Monday in March 2027.
Registration and deposit

Register with the Treasurer before the sale. The county requires a completed Tax Sale Registration form, a completed W-9, a nonrefundable $25.00 registration fee, and a signed blank check made payable to the Frontier County Treasurer to cover purchases made at the sale. The form asks for the name to appear on the certificate, mailing address, telephone, email, a primary contact, and a federal ID or Social Security number. The tax sale page sets the cutoff as no later than the Thursday before the first Monday in March, and the county's 2026 form set it at 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the sale, so file by the Thursday deadline to be safe. One bidder cannot bid for more than one company. Send the packet to the Treasurer's office at PO Box 10, Stockville, NE 69042.

Sale format and venue
Frontier County runs a live, in person certificate sale at the county courthouse in Stockville, and the Treasurer does not accept purchases by fax or telephone, so a bidder or an authorized representative has to attend. Nothing is bid down. The rate is fixed at 14 percent and certificates are allocated by rotation: each registered investor draws a number, and "the number drawn shall represent the order in which each investor may bid." Each round gives every bidder one choice, to purchase or pass, and a passed parcel moves to the next investor in the rotation until it sells, then the sale moves to the next parcel. Investors pay the delinquent tax amount plus interest and advertising costs. Payment is by cashier's check or money order, and a personal check is accepted only from an investor holding a letter of credit from their bank. The tax sale page lists a $20.00 fee for each certificate sold, while the county's 2026 registration form states a $25.00 certificate issuance fee and a $150.00 assignee administrative fee applied at the time the certificate is issued, so confirm current fees with the office before the sale. Subsequent taxes must be paid as they become delinquent during the life of the certificate. When the public sale closes and every parcel has been offered, the remaining delinquent taxes are offered at private tax sale, which is how a Frontier County certificate can be bought after the March sale date. The delinquent list runs in the local paper for three consecutive weeks in February before the sale and is posted online through Nebraska Taxes Online, linked from the Treasurer's tax sale page.
Source: Public Tax Sale Information, Frontier County Treasurer· Verified Aug 24, 2026

Frontier County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Frontier 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 Frontier County Treasurer public tax sale page, with the delinquent real property list link for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Register with the Treasurer before the sale. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Nebraska holds no tax 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 Treasurer for the administrative deed, or the sheriff under a district court decree as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Frontier County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Frontier County Treasurer public tax sale page, with the delinquent real property list link. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Register with the Treasurer before the sale. The county requires a completed Tax Sale Registration form, a completed W-9, a nonrefundable $25.00 registration fee, and a signed blank check made payable to the Frontier County Treasurer to cover purchases made at the sale. The form asks for the name to appear on the certificate, mailing address, telephone, email, a primary contact, and a federal ID or Social Security number. The tax sale page sets the cutoff as no later than the Thursday before the first Monday in March, and the county's 2026 form set it at 4:00 p.m. on the Friday before the sale, so file by the Thursday deadline to be safe. One bidder cannot bid for more than one company. Send the packet to the Treasurer's office at PO Box 10, Stockville, NE 69042.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Nebraska 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

Two routes reach parcels outside the March sale, and both run through the county treasurer. Any parcel that stayed unsold at the public sale for want of bidders must then be sold at private sale at the treasurer's office to any person who pays the taxes, penalty, and costs; the certificate issued that way is marked sold for taxes at private sale. Separately, where the county board bought a parcel in the county's name because it drew no bidder, the treasurer holds that certificate and may assign it at any time to anyone willing to pay the face amount plus 14 percent interest from the date of the certificate, with the county clerk endorsing the assignment and the twenty five dollar issuance fee due from the buyer. If the parcel lies inside a municipality that has created a land bank, the treasurer must give the land bank the first opportunity to acquire the county's certificate. Ask the county treasurer which parcels are open to private sale and which county held certificates are available for assignment.

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

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County offices

Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)

Frontier County Treasurer

308-367-8631

PO Box 10, Stockville, NE 69042

Official website

County notes

  • The Frontier County Treasurer is Leslie Blank. Office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, closed weekends and holidays.
  • This sale is a rotation, not an auction. Nebraska fixes the certificate rate at 14 percent, so investors compete for parcel choice through the drawn bidding order rather than by bidding the rate or an ownership interest down.
  • Registration closes before the weekend ahead of the sale, so an investor who shows up on the first Monday in March without a form, W-9 and fee already on file cannot bid.
  • The sale is held at the county courthouse in Stockville, which sits on Wellington Street. The Treasurer's mailing address for registrations and payments is PO Box 10, Stockville, NE 69042.
  • The Treasurer tells certificate holders to pay subsequent taxes each year for three years, states that a holder has six months to foreclose once the certificate matures, and advises seeking legal counsel at maturity. Title comes either through a treasurer's tax deed after the statutory notice is served on the owner and occupants, or through a foreclosure action in district court, and the two paths carry different deadlines and costs.
  • After the public sale closes, the county offers the remaining delinquent taxes at private tax sale, and its registration form notes that taxes purchased after the March sale date are private tax sales.
  • The delinquent real property list is advertised in the local paper for three consecutive weeks in February and posted through Nebraska Taxes Online, which the Treasurer links from its tax sale page.

Nebraska rules

Max interest rate
14% per year, fixed by statute (nothing is bid)
Minimum return
No statutory floor; every certificate earns the same statutory rate
Redemption
Nebraska does not run a redemption clock that simply expires. The right to redeem stays open until the certificate holder files the application for a tax deed with the county treasurer, and the treasurer may not accept a redemption after the close of business on the day that application arrives. Because the holder cannot apply until three years after the sale, and must first serve a notice at least three months before applying that says in sixteen point type UNLESS YOU ACT YOU WILL LOSE THIS PROPERTY, the ordinary parcel carries a redemption window of about three years and three months and the owner gets a written warning inside it. Several conditions of the parcel or of its owner change that window, and they are recorded as tracks below. On the foreclosure road the window is different again: redemption stays open until the district court confirms the sheriff's sale.
Surplus proceeds
Nebraska returns the owner's equity on both roads. On the administrative road, within thirty days after the deed is recorded the grantee must pay the surplus to the previous owner. The surplus is the resale price if the grantee has already sold the parcel, or the assessed value shown in the county assessor's records at the time of the deed application if the grantee has not, less the amount that would have been needed to redeem the parcel, less the amount needed to pay all encumbrances on it, and less an administrative fee of five hundred dollars, or reasonable attorney fees in the case of a judicial foreclosure, which the grantee may keep to offset the cost of getting the deed. On the foreclosure road, any surplus remaining after all costs and taxes on a parcel are satisfied is applied the way surplus is applied in a mortgage foreclosure, and proceeds from one parcel may not be applied to the taxes on another except as the decree directs.
Governing statute
Neb. Rev. Stat. Chapter 77, Article 18 (77-1801 et seq.)

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 Frontier County, Nebraska sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax lien certificates. In Nebraska investors buy the lien, not the property; the County Treasurer runs the sale.

When is the Frontier County tax certificate sale?

Annual. The Treasurer states the sale "is held the first Monday in March each year at 9:00 A.M. at the County Courthouse." The county listed its most recent sale as Monday, March 2, 2026 at 9:00 a.m., which puts the next one on the first Monday in March 2027. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Frontier County hold tax deed sales?

Frontier County holds its tax deed sale none. Nebraska holds no tax 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. Nebraska's redemption rule: 3 years from the tax sale before the holder may apply for a treasurer's tax deed, and the owner may redeem right up to the day that application is filed. Call the County Treasurer for the administrative deed, or the sheriff under a district court decree 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 Frontier County tax sale list?

Frontier County posts its tax sale list at frontiercounty.ne.gov. 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 24, 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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