Sevier County, UT tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Sevier County holds one tax sale a year and sells a tax deed, not a lien certificate. Once the commission ratifies the winning bid the former owner has no right to redeem.
• •Bidding is highest dollar for the whole parcel. County Ordinance 2022-2-8 rules out the bidder-preference methods Utah law permits, so you will not be bidding down acreage or an undivided interest in this county.
• •The parcel list is posted on the Clerk / Auditor's tax sale page by the beginning of April in the year of the sale, and the sale is advertised in the Richfield Reaper for four weeks beforehand. The page directs anyone wanting the delinquent list to call the Clerk / Auditor at (435) 893-0401 after April 3.
• •Public Surplus carries Sevier County's ordinary surplus auctions of vehicles and equipment alongside the tax sale, and the county also keeps a separate Sevier County Surplus Real Estate seller page, so match any listing against the Clerk / Auditor's tax sale notice before you bid.
• •Budget for payment in full by certified funds within five business days of the close, plus any premium Public Surplus adds to the winning bid. There is no financing, and a default forfeits the deposit and bars future bidding.

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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