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Murray County, OK tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Murray County, seat of Sulphur: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

New to tax sales? Read how Oklahoma tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
The June resale.
Format
In person
County office
580-622-5622
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How Murray County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

No Oklahoma county sells a tax lien certificate, or any other interest-bearing instrument, to a private investor. The county treasurer collects delinquent taxes and, once the three-year clock in 68 O.S. 3105 has run, sells the parcel itself at the June resale.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Murray County Treasurer
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
The June resale.
Sale list
Delinquent Tax List, 2023 to 2025 Taxes
When it runs
The June resale. Murray County's most recent resale ran on Monday, June 8, 2026, and the Treasurer's own resale breakdown records it as "Resale Date: 06/08/2026", the second Monday in June that year. The auction opens on the second Monday in June annually and continues day to day until every listed parcel has been offered.
Registration and deposit

Registration runs through the Murray County Treasurer's office and there is no online bidder portal. Contact the Treasurer at 580-622-5622 or [email protected] ahead of the second Monday in June to confirm what registration and identification are required. Bring cash or certified funds; payment is due at the sale.

Sale format and venue
Murray County sells tax deeds at the annual June resale run by the County Treasurer. Oklahoma sells no lien certificate to investors, so this resale is the only auction open to bidders. Property is struck off to the highest bidder by open ascending auction and the winner receives a resale deed executed by the Treasurer, which the County Clerk then records. The sale is held in person and Murray County uses no online auction platform. Its 2026 resale sold three parcels at winning bids of $6,000, $9,800 and $14,100. A parcel becomes eligible after three years of unpaid taxes counted from the date the tax first became due and payable. Call the Treasurer at 580-622-5622 to confirm the sale room and the funds accepted before the June date. In-person auction conducted by the Murray County Treasurer
Source: Resale Breakdown 2026, Murray County Treasurer· Verified Aug 31, 2026

Murray County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Murray 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. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Delinquent Tax List, 2023 to 2025 Taxes 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

    The June resale. 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 Murray County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Murray County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent Tax List, 2023 to 2025 Taxes. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Registration runs through the Murray County Treasurer's office and there is no online bidder portal. Contact the Treasurer at 580-622-5622 or [email protected] ahead of the second Monday in June to confirm what registration and identification are required. Bring cash or certified funds; payment is due at the sale.

  3. Check the state rules that change the bid

    Read the Oklahoma due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Oklahoma before you price the title work.

  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

Oklahoma has no certificate to buy over the counter. What a county can sell between resales is its own stock of parcels bid off at a past resale and held by the board of county commissioners. There are two routes. A buyer can submit a bid to the treasurer, who then advertises it once in each of the three consecutive weeks before a stated sale date; on that date the parcel goes to the highest competitive bidder for cash or certified funds, or back to the original bidder if nobody outbids them. Or the county can hold a periodic auction of its resale stock at a time the treasurer sets. Either way the sale needs the approval of the board of county commissioners, a bid below the taxes owed at the original resale also needs the county excise board, and the buyer covers advertising, sale costs and the recording fee on top of the bid. Counties usually publish this inventory as a county-owned property list, on no fixed schedule.

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Oklahoma calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Murray County Treasurer

580-622-5622

Murray County Courthouse Annex, 1019 W Wyandotte Ave, Sulphur, OK 73086 (mailing: PO Box 304, Sulphur, OK 73086)

Official website

County notes

  • The Treasurer's 2026 resale breakdown shows three parcels sold on June 8, 2026 at $14,100, $9,800 and $6,000, each far above the taxes owed. Anything above the tax, penalty and fees becomes excess proceeds claimable by the former owner, not a discount to the bidder.
  • Far more parcels are advertised than sold. The Treasurer's delinquent list for 2023 through 2025 taxes covers 972 parcels and about $636,000 due with penalty and fees, while three parcels changed hands at the 2026 resale, so expect most of the list to redeem before bidding opens.
  • Redemption ends the moment the resale auction begins and Oklahoma allows no redemption afterward. Re-check that a parcel is still unpaid on the morning of the sale before you bid on it.
  • The Treasurer's office sits in the Murray County Courthouse Annex at 1019 W Wyandotte Ave in Sulphur, with mail directed to PO Box 304, Sulphur, OK 73086. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
  • Murray County publishes no standing list of county-owned property offered between resales. Ask the Treasurer at 580-622-5622 whether any parcels were bid off to the county at the last resale and remain available.

Oklahoma rules

Redemption
Oklahoma gives the owner a long runway and then a hard stop. Redemption is open from the moment the taxes go delinquent right up to the start of the resale auction, which is three years or more. Once the auction begins, the right is gone: there is no post-sale redemption period, no owner buyback window and no premium for the buyer to collect, which is what separates Oklahoma from a redeemable-deed state such as Texas or Georgia. The single exception is for a person under a legal disability. A minor, or a person who is incapacitated or partially incapacitated, may redeem within one year after the disability ends, and 68 O.S. 3131(A) repeats the same one-year window after removal of the disability. The statute says in terms that incapacity here means mental incapacity only and that physical disability is not covered.
Deed deposit
Oklahoma sets no statewide deposit percentage and no statutory bidder registration. The statute requires payment in cash or certified funds, and permits online payment where the resale is run online. Counties run this as a cash sale with registration in the days before. Comanche County registered bidders from May 26 to June 5, 2026 and again from 8:30 a.m. on sale day, took cash or cashier's check on deposit in trust only through June 2, and told bidders they must have cash in hand at the moment of bidding. Oklahoma County ran the same shape with a wire cutoff of June 4 and a cashier's check cutoff of June 1. Confirm the county's registration window, accepted funds and cutoffs before travelling.
Surplus proceeds
When a parcel sells for more than the taxes, penalties, interest and costs due on it, the treasurer notifies the Oklahoma Tax Commission within 30 days. The Tax Commission has 60 days to report any outstanding state tax liabilities attached to the parcel, whether or not a tax warrant was filed, and the treasurer remits to it the lesser of those liabilities or the excess proceeds. Whatever is left is held in a separate fund for the record owner as of the date the resale began, and may be withdrawn any time within one year. Any assignment of the right to those excess proceeds made on or after the day the resale began is void, which closes the courthouse-steps surplus assignment trade. Money not claimed within the year is credited to the county resale property fund.
Governing statute
Okla. Stat. tit. 68, Article 31 (68 O.S. 3101 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 Murray County, Oklahoma sell tax liens or tax deeds?

Tax deeds. Oklahoma sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the County Treasurer sells the property itself at a public tax sale.

How often does Murray County hold tax deed sales?

Murray County holds its tax deed sale once a year. The June resale. 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. Oklahoma's redemption rule: Until the June resale auction starts; there is no post-sale redemption. Call the Murray County Treasurer 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 Murray County tax sale list?

Murray County posts its tax sale list at oktaxrolls.com. 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 31, 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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