Millard County, UT tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Millard County holds one tax sale a year and it is online only, at Public Surplus. Register there before sale day, because there is no walk-in bidding at the courthouse.
• •The parcel list is posted as a PDF on the Auditor's Tax Sale page and refreshed in the days before the auction as owners redeem or deferrals are applied. The 2026 list opened with 12 parcels and 5 dropped off before the sale, so use the version dated closest to the auction.
• •Watch the "limited bidding" tag on the list. Those parcels are reserved for abutting owners and holders of a preferential interest under county Ordinance 3-3-7, and they close at the minimum bid rather than in open competition, so an outside investor generally cannot win them.
• •Redemption ends when the sale closes. Utah gives the former owner no redemption window after the tax deed issues, so a winning bid is final.
• •Sale results going back to 2021 are published on the same Auditor page, which is a practical way to gauge what Millard parcels actually fetch before committing to a bid.
• •Most inventory is unimproved rural land, including subdivision lots in Deseret Estates and Sherwood Shores, so budget for access and water rights diligence rather than assuming a buildable lot.

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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