Douglas County, OR tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Douglas 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 Douglas County, seat of Roseburg: 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
- About once a year.
- Format
- In person
- County office
- 541-440-4300
On this page
How Douglas County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Douglas County Land Department (sale ordered by the Board of County Commissioners and conducted by the Douglas County Sheriff)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- About once a year.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is oral and in person at the sheriff's public auction; the 2022 sale was held in Room 216 of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1036 SE Douglas Avenue, Roseburg. To get notice of an upcoming auction, email the Land Department and ask to be included on its auction list. Confirm any registration or deposit requirement with the Land Department before the sale.
Sale format and venue
Douglas County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Douglas 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 Tax Foreclosed Properties (auction parcel list with minimum bids, land cards, title reports and open house schedule) 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
About once a year. 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 Douglas County Land Department (sale ordered by the Board of County Commissioners and conducted by the Douglas County Sheriff) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Douglas County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Foreclosed Properties (auction parcel list with minimum bids, land cards, title reports and open house schedule). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is oral and in person at the sheriff's public auction; the 2022 sale was held in Room 216 of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1036 SE Douglas Avenue, Roseburg. To get notice of an upcoming auction, email the Land Department and ask to be included on its auction list. Confirm any registration or deposit requirement with the Land Department before the sale.
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
Tax sale office
County notes
- Douglas County's tax-foreclosed land auction is a live oral auction run by the Sheriff in Roseburg, not an online sale. Plan to attend in person with cash or a cashier's check.
- Parcel packets for each auction (land card, assessor's printout, title report, county deed, aerial map and photos) appear on the county's Tax Foreclosed Properties page ahead of the sale, along with an open house schedule.
- Results vary widely against minimum bid: at the last posted auction a Roseburg parcel with a $19,000 minimum sold for $75,100, while several Glendale lots with $13,000 minimums sold for $9,500.
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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Where can I find the Douglas County tax sale list?
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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