Wayne County, UT tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Wayne County, UT tax sale, one of 2,862 counties in 36 states. Utah sells the deed itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Sep 11, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in Wayne County, seat of Loa: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Utah tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Announcements
- Wayne County publishes no online parcel list for its tax sale.
- Registration
- Wayne County publishes no standing bidder registration packet or deposit schedule.
- County office
- 435-836-1300
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How Wayne County sells delinquent taxes
No tax lien certificate sale
Utah sells no tax lien certificate to investors, and no statute in Title 59, Chapter 2, Part 13 creates one. The county treasurer holds the delinquency, interest and penalties accrue to the county, and the only instrument an investor can buy is the tax deed the county auditor issues at the May or June tax sale.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Wayne County Clerk/Auditor
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Wayne County publishes no standing bidder registration packet or deposit schedule.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Wayne County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Wayne 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 Utah Public Notice Website, statewide notices of tax sale for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Wayne County Clerk/Auditor as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Wayne County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Utah Public Notice Website, statewide notices of tax sale. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Utah 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 Utah 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
Utah sells no tax lien certificates, so there is nothing to buy over the counter between sales except land the county already owns. Any parcel offered at the tax sale with no purchaser is struck off to the county and fee simple title vests there. The county legislative body may then dispose of that property for a price and on terms it sets, with the county clerk executing the deed, and may also rent or lease it. Terms are set county by county and there is no statewide list, so ask the county auditor or clerk what the county holds from earlier tax sales and how it sells it.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Utah calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax sale office
Wayne County Courthouse, 18 South Main Street, PO Box 189, Loa, UT 84747
Official websiteCounty notes
- Wayne County publishes no online parcel list for its tax sale. Utah counties advertise the delinquent parcel list in a newspaper of general circulation about four weeks ahead of the sale, so plan to read the legal notices and call the Clerk/Auditor at 435-836-1300 for the list rather than looking for a download.
- Two offices matter here and they are combined differently than in larger Utah counties. The Clerk/Auditor, Felicia Snow, at 435-836-1300, runs the sale. The Recorder/Treasurer, Colleen Allen, at 435-836-1303, handles delinquent balances, payoffs and the recorded title work you will want before bidding.
- The county states there are no tax sale parcels for 2026, so in a county this small expect years with a short list or no sale at all. Wayne County is Capitol Reef country, with towns at Loa, Bicknell, Torrey, Lyman and Hanksville, so verify legal access, water and zoning with the Recorder/Treasurer and the county planning and zoning office before you bid on rural acreage.
- Wayne County offices are open 8:00 am to 5:00 pm Monday through Friday and close from 12:30 pm to 1:00 pm for lunch.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
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
Does Wayne County, Utah sell tax liens or tax deeds?
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I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Where can I find the Wayne County tax sale list?
Verified Sep 11, 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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