Keya Paha County, NE tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •The Treasurer is AnneJeanette Painter. The office sits in the Keya Paha County Courthouse at 310 Courthouse Drive in Springview, mail goes to PO Box 368, Springview, NE 68778, and the fax is (402) 497-3799. Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed over the noon hour.
• •Real property taxes are due December 31. The first half becomes delinquent the following May 1 and the second half on September 1, and the county charges the 14 percent statutory rate on delinquencies. Only parcels still unpaid after that cycle can reach the March sale.
• •The delinquent list and notice of sale run once a week for three consecutive weeks in the legal newspaper designated by the county board, beginning the first week of February, and a copy is posted in the Treasurer's office. Each listed description also carries a twenty dollar advertising charge added to the amount due. The Treasurer sends the same list to the state Property Tax Administrator, who posts every county's list in one place, which is the easiest way to see this county's inventory from out of town.
• •Check a parcel's tax status before bidding on the county's real estate tax and parcel search at keyapaha.gworks.com, which the state directory lists as this county's parcel search and real estate tax site.
• •Two routes lead from certificate to title, and they are separate: serve the statutory notice and apply to the Treasurer for a tax deed, or foreclose the lien in district court instead. Recording runs through Suzy Wentworth, who holds the Clerk, Register of Deeds, Clerk of the District Court and Assessor offices for this county, at 310 Courthouse Drive, PO Box 349, Springview, NE 68778, (402) 497-3791.
• •Keya Paha County is one of Nebraska's smallest counties by population, and the tax sale reflects that. Treat a trip to Springview as contingent on confirming with the Treasurer that parcels will actually be offered.

Nebraska rules

Max interest rate

14% per year, fixed by statute (nothing is bid)Neb. Rev. Stat. 45-104.01 - Interest; political subdivisions; delinquent taxes; special assessmentsNeb. Rev. Stat. 45-104.01Verified Aug 23, 2026

Minimum return

No statutory floor; every certificate earns the same statutory rateNeb. Rev. Stat. 45-104.01 - Interest; political subdivisions; delinquent taxes; special assessmentsNeb. Rev. Stat. 45-104.01Verified Aug 23, 2026

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.Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1824 - Real property taxes; redemption from sale; when and how madeNeb. Rev. Stat. 77-1824Verified Aug 23, 2026

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.Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1838 - Real property taxes; issuance of treasurer's tax deed; execution, acknowledgment, and recording; effect; lien for special assessments; pay surplus to previous ownerNeb. Rev. Stat. 77-1838Verified Aug 23, 2026

Governing statute

Neb. Rev. Stat. Chapter 77, Article 18 (77-1801 et seq.)Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1801 - Real property taxes; collection by sale; whenNeb. Rev. Stat. 77-1801Verified Aug 23, 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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