Juab County, UT tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •The Juab County tax sale is an online auction on Public Surplus. There is no in-person bidding at the courthouse in Nephi, so plan on a registered Public Surplus account rather than a trip to the county seat.
• •Juab bids to the highest dollar. Utah Code 59-2-1351.1 allows a county to direct a different structure, such as a preferred bid or a lowest-acreage undivided-interest method, but the Juab notice sells to the highest bidder for cash with a floor equal to all taxes, tax notice charges, interest, penalty and administrative costs.
• •The offering is small. The 2026 notice carried a single parcel, and prior years ran to only a handful, so read the Tax Sale page each spring before building a bid strategy around this county.
• •Parcels in the Eureka City and Nephi Townsite surveys dominate recent notices, including small mining-district lots with metes-and-bounds legal descriptions. Pull the recorder's map and confirm access and acreage before bidding, since many of these lots are fractional remnants.
• •Clear delinquent taxes before the sale date if you hold an interest in a listed parcel. Once the Clerk/Auditor sells it, the former owner has no post-sale redemption window under Utah law.
• •Office hours are Monday through Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the Clerk/Auditor is closed Friday through Sunday. Time any pre-sale questions to that four-day week.

Utah rules

Redemption

Utah gives the buyer no post-sale redemption risk and gives the owner no post-sale second chance. Any person may redeem on behalf of the record owner at any time before the tax sale, which is held in May or June following the lapse of four years from the date the tax or tax notice charge became delinquent. Once the auditor accepts a bid and executes the tax deed, the conveyance is in fee simple and the deed is prima facie evidence of the regularity of everything that led to it. What replaces a redemption period here is a limitation period on challenges: an action or defense to recover, take possession of, quiet title to, or determine ownership of the property may not be brought against the holder of a tax title more than four years after the sale or conveyance, and that bar does not reach an owner who actually occupied the property within four years of the action, or a city or town asserting an equal or superior lien.Utah Code 59-2-1346 - Redemption and the time allowed for itUtah Code 59-2-1346Verified Sep 10, 2026

Deed deposit

Utah Code sets no statewide deposit. Each county fixes its own terms by ordinance and in the auction notice, and they differ: Salt Lake County requires a refundable 500 dollar deposit wired before bidding opens, while Utah County's notice warns only that bidders may be subject to nonrefundable fees or deposits depending on the bid method used. Confirm the deposit, the deadline for posting it, and whether it is refundable before you register.Utah Code 59-2-1351.1 - Tax sale, combining certain parcels, acceptable bids, deedsUtah Code 59-2-1351.1Verified Sep 10, 2026

Surplus proceeds

Sale money goes into the county treasury and the treasurer settles with the taxing entities and tax notice charge entities. Anything above the delinquent taxes, tax notice charges, penalties, interest and administrative costs is treated as unclaimed property under Title 67, Chapter 4a, the Revised Uniform Unclaimed Property Act, rather than paid out by the county as a surplus fund. A former owner therefore claims it through the state unclaimed property process, not from the auditor.Utah Code 59-2-1351.1 - Tax sale, combining certain parcels, acceptable bids, deedsUtah Code 59-2-1351.1Verified Sep 10, 2026

Governing statute

Utah Code Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 13Utah Code 59-2-1351 - Sales by county, notice of tax sale, entries on recordUtah Code 59-2-1351Verified Sep 10, 2026

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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