Clackamas County, OR tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Clackamas County, OR tax sale, one of 2,957 counties in 40 states. Oregon sells the deed itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Sep 26, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Clackamas County, seat of Oregon City: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Oregon tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Held several times a year with no fixed calendar.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 503-742-4384
On this page
How Clackamas County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Clackamas County Property Disposition Division, Department of Transportation and Development
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Held several times a year with no fixed calendar.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidders must register in advance through the county's Property Disposition page, and registration is limited to 100 participants. Bring proof of funds equal to 20 percent of the minimum bid for each property you plan to bid on. The 20 percent deposit is due at the time of sale in cash or cashier's check only; personal checks, business checks and money orders are refused. The balance is due within two business days, or the deposit is forfeited and the property may go to the next highest bidder.
Sale format and venue
Clackamas County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Clackamas 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Property Disposition page: property flyer and past auction results 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
Held several times a year with no fixed calendar. 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 Clackamas County Property Disposition Division, Department of Transportation and Development as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Clackamas County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Property Disposition page: property flyer and past auction results. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidders must register in advance through the county's Property Disposition page, and registration is limited to 100 participants. Bring proof of funds equal to 20 percent of the minimum bid for each property you plan to bid on. The 20 percent deposit is due at the time of sale in cash or cashier's check only; personal checks, business checks and money orders are refused. The balance is due within two business days, or the deposit is forfeited and the property may go to the next highest bidder.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Oregon 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 Oregon before you price the title work.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
unsold properties
Oregon counties keep no statewide over-the-counter list. Land left unsold after the sheriff's sale may be sold privately under ORS 275.200 at not less than the highest bid received or, with no bid, at a price the county considers reasonable but at least 15 percent of the sale minimum. Whether this county holds any such inventory must be confirmed with the county office that manages tax-foreclosed property.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Oregon calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
County notes
- Clackamas County Assessment and Taxation (503-655-8671, 150 Beavercreek Road Room 135, Oregon City, OR 97045) handles the tax foreclosure itself; the Property Disposition Division sells the property after it is deeded to the county.
- The December 2025 auction offered 48 tax-foreclosed parcels. Past lots and prices are in the auction results files posted on the Property Disposition page.
- Winning bidders must pay the balance within 48 business hours in cash or cashier's check. Properties are sold as-is, and title insurance is not provided.
Oregon rules
- Redemption
- Redemption in Oregon runs before the public ever buys. After judgment the parcels are held by the county for two years from the date of the judgment of foreclosure, unless redeemed sooner, and the former owner keeps possession during that period unless waste is committed. At least one year before the period ends the tax collector mails a notice of expiration of redemption, and 10 to 30 days before it ends the tax collector publishes a general notice. Unredeemed parcels are then deeded to the county, and all rights of redemption terminate when the deed to the county is executed. A buyer at the county's later sale therefore takes property that is no longer subject to any redemption right. ORS 275.180 separately lets the county governing body sell a parcel back to the record owner or contract purchaser of record at any time, without notice, for the taxes and interest charged when the county acquired it plus six percent a year; that is a discretionary repurchase, not a redemption right.
- Deed deposit
- No statewide deposit amount. ORS 275.110 leaves the conditions and terms of sale to the county governing body's order, and the notice of sale states them. Deposits, bidder registration, and accepted forms of payment therefore vary by county; read the county's notice of sale before the auction.
- Surplus proceeds
- Oregon now returns equity to the former owner. Under ORS 312.530 the surplus is the value of the property, which is the sale price at a broker or auction sale, less the county's allowable costs: the judgment and post-judgment interest, taxes that would have accrued through the sale, county maintenance and title costs, local improvement liens filed with the county, nuisance abatement costs, and reasonable foreclosure and disposition fees including legal, appraisal, commission, and auction fees. The county holds the gross proceeds in a separate interest-bearing account, determines the surplus within 60 days, gives the former owner an itemized accounting, and delivers the surplus to the State Treasurer as unclaimed property within 30 days of determining it. The former owner, or heirs and certain successors, claim it from the State Treasurer; a creditor with a valid lien or debt may also claim against it. These rules apply to claims where the owner received the ORS 312.125 notice on or after May 25, 2023.
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 Sep 26, 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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