Humboldt County, NV tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Humboldt County, seat of Winnemucca: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Nevada tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Annual auction, held in spring.
- Registration
- Only registered bidders may bid.
- County office
- 775-623-6444
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How Humboldt County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Humboldt County Treasurer's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual auction, held in spring. The county's Tax Auctions page states the 2026 delinquent tax auction was held on April 17, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.
- Registration
- Only registered bidders may bid.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
The auction is a live, in-person sale held in the Commission Meeting Room of the Humboldt County Courthouse, 50 West Fifth St, Winnemucca. No online auction platform is used. The minimum bid is the aggregate of all unpaid taxes, penalties, interest, and costs chargeable against the property, and parcels may also carry liens for sewer charges, assessments, or nuisance abatement. The Treasurer takes a trustee deed after three years of delinquency before offering the property. The county posts each year's parcel list on the Parcel List page ahead of the sale and notes the list can change before auction day; the 2026 PDF was taken down after the April 2026 sale, so check that page for the current list.
Source: Humboldt County Treasurer, Tax Auctions· Verified Aug 16, 2026
Humboldt County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Humboldt 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 Delinquent tax sale parcel list (Treasurer's Parcel List page) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Annual auction, held in spring. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Humboldt County Treasurer's Office as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Humboldt County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent tax sale parcel list (Treasurer's Parcel List page). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.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
County notes
- Nevada is a deed-only state: the county's General Tax Information page states that after three years of continuing delinquency the Treasurer takes a Trustee Deed and begins the process to sell the property at a tax sale, consistent with NRS 361.595.
- The sale is conducted live and in person at the county courthouse in Winnemucca by the Treasurer's Office; no online platform is confirmed for this county.
- The county's public website is humboldtcountynv.gov, which carries the Tax Auctions, Parcel List, and Treasurer pages; the older hcnv.us address redirects there.
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
Does Humboldt County, Nevada sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Nevada sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the County Treasurer sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Humboldt County hold tax deed sales?
Humboldt County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Annual auction, held in spring. 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. Nevada's redemption rule: 2 years after the trustee's certificate is issued (1 year for abandoned property), plus a reconveyance right that runs until the third business day before the sale. Call the Humboldt County Treasurer's Office 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 Humboldt County tax sale list?
Humboldt County posts its tax sale list at humboldtcountynv.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 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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