Esmeralda County, NV tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Esmeralda County, seat of Goldfield: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No fixed annual date.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 775-485-6309
On this page
How Esmeralda County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No fixed annual date.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidders must purchase a land sale packet from the Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer's office to bid; buy it in person, by mail, or by calling the office and paying by credit card. No bids by mail. Payment is due in full at the time of sale by cash, check, money order, Visa, or MasterCard, with a 3% convenience fee on card payments.
Sale format and venue
Esmeralda County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Esmeralda 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Parcels up for auction (county land auction list) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
No fixed annual date. 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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Esmeralda County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Parcels up for auction (county land auction list). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidders must purchase a land sale packet from the Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer's office to bid; buy it in person, by mail, or by calling the office and paying by credit card. No bids by mail. Payment is due in full at the time of sale by cash, check, money order, Visa, or MasterCard, with a 3% convenience fee on card payments.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Nevada due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.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.
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County offices
Tax sale office
Esmeralda County Clerk/Treasurer
PO Box 547, Goldfield, NV 89013 (office at 403 E Crook Ave, Goldfield, NV 89013)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Esmeralda County combines the Clerk and Treasurer into a single elected office (LaCinda Elgan, [email protected]); office hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm.
- The Clerk/Treasurer's listed duties explicitly include 'County Tax Deed Land Sale Auctions', confirming this office, not the Assessor or Sheriff, runs the trustee deed sale.
- Auctions are infrequent in this very small county; the county advertises each sale in the Tonopah Times and on accessesmeralda.com rather than holding a fixed annual sale.
Nevada rules
- Redemption
- The trustee's certificate is dated the first Monday in June, and the county treasurer holds the property subject to redemption for 2 years after that date, or 1 year for property determined abandoned under NRS 361.567. Even after the unredeemed parcel is deeded to the county treasurer as trustee, the owner and other interested persons can still have the property reconveyed by paying everything owed, up to the close of business on the third business day before the day of the sale. On the separate local-government acquisition track under NRS 361.603, the last known owner instead gets a 90-day window after the notice of intent to sell, and no reconveyance is allowed after that window expires.
- Deed deposit
- NRS Chapter 361 sets no statutory bidder deposit for trustee sales. Registration, deposit and payment deadlines are set county by county in each auction's terms, so confirm them on the county treasurer's page before bidding.
- Surplus proceeds
- After the taxes and costs on the parcel are paid, the county keeps the first $300 of the excess proceeds plus 10 percent of the next $10,000. The remainder goes into a separate interest-bearing account, and persons with recorded interests may claim it in writing within 1 year after the treasurer's deed is recorded, paid in a statutory priority order that runs through recorded lienholders before the former owner. Unclaimed money is split 5 percent to the account created by NRS 249.095 and the rest to the county general fund, with no later refund. A fee for helping a claimant recover excess proceeds is capped at 10 percent of the amount due.
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.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Aug 16, 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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