Multnomah County, OR tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Multnomah 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 Multnomah County, seat of Portland: 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
- Tax sale scheduled for October 12, 2026.Monday · 2026
- Format
- In person
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How Multnomah County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Multnomah County Tax Title Program (Division of Assessment, Recording and Taxation)
- Frequency
- annual
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register in person on sale day starting at 9:30 AM at 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland, Room 126. The auction flier says seating is limited and admission may be restricted to bidders with proof of the minimum earnest money deposit in certified funds. At the May 2024 sale, bidders had to review and acknowledge the posted Sale Rules, bring government-issued ID, and show earnest money in certified funds or cash; the county lists the auction rules and optional earnest money agreement for the October 2026 sale as coming soon.
Sale format and venue
Multnomah County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Multnomah 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 October 12, 2026 Tax Title Auction List (PDF) 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
Tax sale scheduled for October 12, 2026. 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 Multnomah County Tax Title Program (Division of Assessment, Recording and Taxation) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Multnomah County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from October 12, 2026 Tax Title Auction List (PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register in person on sale day starting at 9:30 AM at 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland, Room 126. The auction flier says seating is limited and admission may be restricted to bidders with proof of the minimum earnest money deposit in certified funds. At the May 2024 sale, bidders had to review and acknowledge the posted Sale Rules, bring government-issued ID, and show earnest money in certified funds or cash; the county lists the auction rules and optional earnest money agreement for the October 2026 sale as coming soon.
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
Multnomah County Tax Title Program
503-823-4000 (Multnomah County general information line); email [email protected]
PO Box 2716, Portland, OR 97208-2716
Official websiteCounty notes
- Multnomah County sells tax-foreclosed property through its Tax Title Program at an in-person oral auction at 501 SE Hawthorne, Portland, Room 126. The next auction is set for October 12, 2026, the first public sale since May 6, 2024.
- Bring proof of the minimum earnest money deposit in certified funds; admission may be limited to bidders who have it.
- The county publishes the auction list as a PDF on its Tax Title pages and posts all sale updates there first. Contact [email protected] with questions.
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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