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Richardson County, NE tax sales

How tax lien sales work in Richardson County, seat of Falls City: 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
County office
402-245-3511
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How Richardson 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
Richardson County Treasurer's Office
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
First Monday in March.
Next expected
on the first Monday in March, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Sale list
Notice of Delinquent Property Tax Sale, 2026 advertised list (PDF)
When it runs
First Monday in March. The Treasurer's bidder packet states the "Richardson County Tax Sale is held the first Monday in March each year at 9:00 a.m. at the Richardson County Courthouse 1700 Stone Street, Falls City, NE 68355," and directs bidders to report to the Treasurer's Office in Room 105. The county's published 2026 notice set the sale for Monday, March 2, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., continuing "from day to day until all taxes have been offered for sale" under Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1806. Certificates that go unsold at the sale may still be purchased over the counter at the Treasurer's Office afterward.
Registration and deposit

Bidders must pre-register with the Treasurer no later than the Friday before the sale; the 2026 notice set that cutoff at February 23, 2026. Mail a completed W-9, a cover letter stating how each certificate should read along with a phone number and contact person, the $25 registration fee, and a blank check to cover the certificates and fees purchased, to the Richardson County Treasurer, 1700 Stone St., Room 105, Falls City, NE 68355. The $25 registration fee is not refundable. One bidder may represent up to five companies. At the sale each registered investor draws a number that sets the bidding order. The Treasurer accepts a check or money order for payment.

Sale format and venue
Richardson County runs a live, in person certificate sale at the courthouse, not an online auction, and no bidding takes place on the interest rate or on an undivided ownership interest. Registered investors draw numbers for order and the Treasurer works the delinquent list in a round robin format that "will continue until there is a lack of interest," so each buyer takes the next parcel in turn at the delinquent tax plus interest and advertising fees rather than competing on price. Every certificate carries the statutory 14 percent per year. Budget for the fees on top of the tax: a $25 non-refundable registration fee, a $25 fee for each certificate purchased under Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1823 that is not refunded on redemption, and a $20 advertising fee for each certificate under 77-1804. The county's 2026 notice also added a $150 fee to each parcel sold, citing the notice requirements of 77-1818. A certificate holder may pay later delinquent taxes on the same parcel and add them to the certificate; Richardson County taxes go delinquent on May 1 for the first half and September 1 for the second half, and the office will either work from a blank check left on file or quote a figure with interest to a specific date. Two paths lead to title and they are not the same. The owner has a three year statutory redemption window, after which the Treasurer's packet tells investors they have a limited period to begin district court foreclosure proceedings under Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1902 and advises seeking legal counsel; the alternative is applying to the Treasurer for a tax deed, which requires serving the statutory notice first. The Treasurer's Office states it will not provide guidance or legal advice on the tax sale process, so retain a Nebraska attorney before the redemption period closes. All sales are caveat emptor and researching the property is the investor's responsibility. In person at the Richardson County Courthouse
Source: Public Tax Sale Information bidder packet (PDF), Richardson County Treasurer· Verified Aug 24, 2026

Richardson County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Richardson 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 Notice of Delinquent Property Tax Sale, 2026 advertised 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

    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 Richardson County

  1. Start with the live sale list

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

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidders must pre-register with the Treasurer no later than the Friday before the sale; the 2026 notice set that cutoff at February 23, 2026. Mail a completed W-9, a cover letter stating how each certificate should read along with a phone number and contact person, the $25 registration fee, and a blank check to cover the certificates and fees purchased, to the Richardson County Treasurer, 1700 Stone St., Room 105, Falls City, NE 68355. The $25 registration fee is not refundable. One bidder may represent up to five companies. At the sale each registered investor draws a number that sets the bidding order. The Treasurer accepts a check or money order for payment.

  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)

Richardson County Treasurer's Office

402-245-3511

Richardson County Courthouse, 1700 Stone St., Room 105, Falls City, NE 68355

Official website

County notes

  • The Treasurer is Amanda Bartek-Ramsey. The office is in Room 105 of the courthouse at 1700 Stone St., Falls City, and is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday, staying open through the lunch hour.
  • Certificates are allocated by round robin draw, not by competitive bidding, so arriving with a higher price to offer gains nothing. What decides which parcels you get is the order your number comes up, and the packet notes that draw order follows the order registrations were received.
  • Registration closes the Friday before the sale, which was February 23 for the 2026 sale, and late registrations cannot bid.
  • The delinquent list is advertised in the Falls City Journal during February, posted on the county website, and carried on Nebraska Taxes Online. The state Property Tax Administrator also posts a statewide tax sale list on the Nebraska Department of Revenue website.
  • Parcels that draw no buyer stay available over the counter at the Treasurer's Office, and the county publishes a running unsold parcel list with the amount due for each. That list is the lower friction entry point for a small investor, with many parcels under a few hundred dollars.
  • The county also publishes the sale rules as a downloadable bidder packet, which is the document to read before mailing registration materials.

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 Richardson 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 Richardson County tax certificate sale?

First Monday in March. The Treasurer's bidder packet states the "Richardson County Tax Sale is held the first Monday in March each year at 9:00 a.m. at the Richardson County Courthouse 1700 Stone Street, Falls City, NE 68355," and directs bidders to report to the Treasurer's Office in Room 105. The county's published 2026 notice set the sale for Monday, March 2, 2026 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., continuing "from day to day until all taxes have been offered for sale" under Neb. Rev. Stat. 77-1806. Certificates that go unsold at the sale may still be purchased over the counter at the Treasurer's Office afterward. The sale is held in person. Always confirm the exact date with the County Treasurer before the sale.

How often does Richardson County hold tax deed sales?

Richardson 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 Richardson County tax sale list?

Richardson County posts its tax sale list at richardsoncounty.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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