The short answer
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
How the clock works
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.
Who can redeem
The owner; the beneficiary under a note and deed of trust; a mortgagee; a judgment creditor; the person to whom the property was assessed; a person holding a contract to purchase made before the conveyance to the treasurer; the Director of the Nevada Health Authority where the owner receives Medicaid benefits; a municipality holding a lien on the property; and the successors in interest of any of these.
What the owner pays to redeem
The delinquent taxes and all accruing taxes, penalties and costs, together with interest on the taxes at 10 percent per annum, assessed monthly, from the date due until paid. After the deed to the treasurer, a reconveyance takes payment of the taxes accrued plus any costs, penalties and interest legally chargeable against the property.
What sends a parcel to the sale
Delinquent parcels are struck to the county treasurer by a trustee's certificate issued at the close of business on the first Monday in June. If no one redeems within 2 years after the certificate date, or within 1 year for property determined abandoned under NRS 361.567, the tax receiver executes a deed to the county treasurer as trustee. The board of county commissioners may then order the treasurer to sell the trust property after notice of sale.
What the deed conveys
The buyer receives a quitclaim deed, recorded before delivery at the buyer's expense. The earlier deed into the trust conveyed the property to the county treasurer free of all encumbrances except easements of record for public utility purposes and liens for taxes or assessments of irrigation or other districts, so the trustee sale clears most junior interests. The deed to the buyer is primary evidence, not conclusive evidence, of the regularity of the proceedings, and a quitclaim deed is not marketable or insurable title on its own, so most buyers quiet title before reselling.
In Nevada the owner's ordinary redemption right closes before the sale rather than running against the winning bidder; check the rule above for any exception, and note that a federal tax lien can carry its own 120-day IRS redemption right. See how redemption periods work across states. What winning the tax deed sale conveys is set by statute, in the card above; budget for a quiet title action if an insurer will not accept that title.
Verified Aug 28, 2026 against Nevada statutes.
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