Ferry County, WA tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Ferry County, seat of Republic: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Annually in late fall.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No advance registration portal exists; bidding happens live at the sale.
- County office
- (509) 775-5225 ext. 2503
On this page
How Ferry County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Ferry County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annually in late fall.
- Registration
- No advance registration portal exists; bidding happens live at the sale.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No advance registration portal exists; bidding happens live at the sale. The Terms of Sale ask intending bidders to list in advance their name, address, and ZIP code exactly as they should appear on the receipt and deed. Payment is cash or cashier's check payable to the Ferry County Treasurer, in full within one hour after the sale closes. Bids move in increments of $50 or more, the winning bidder pays an additional $319.50 in deed preparation and recording fees, and county employees and officers may not bid.
Sale format and venue
Ferry County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Ferry 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.
Get the advertised list
Use Treasurer Document Center: annual tax foreclosure parcel lists (exhibits) and sale results for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Annually in late fall. 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 Ferry County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Ferry County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Treasurer Document Center: annual tax foreclosure parcel lists (exhibits) and sale results. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No advance registration portal exists; bidding happens live at the sale. The Terms of Sale ask intending bidders to list in advance their name, address, and ZIP code exactly as they should appear on the receipt and deed. Payment is cash or cashier's check payable to the Ferry County Treasurer, in full within one hour after the sale closes. Bids move in increments of $50 or more, the winning bidder pays an additional $319.50 in deed preparation and recording fees, and county employees and officers may not bid.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Washington due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.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
Washington counties keep no standing over-the-counter list. Parcels that draw no sufficient bid are struck to the county in trust for the taxing districts as tax-title property. The county resells that inventory under chapter 36.35 RCW, usually at a later sale at a minimum price fixed by the county legislative authority after three weeks of published notice, and in limited cases by direct sale without bids, including within twelve months after a failed auction. Whether any tax-title inventory exists, and how this county sells it, must be confirmed on the county's tax-title or surplus property page.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- The sale is held at the Ferry County Commissioners Office, 290 E Tessie Ave., Republic, not at the courthouse where the Treasurer's office sits.
- The Treasurer's page states the posted sale date is tentative and the parcel list changes as owners redeem, so both should be rechecked close to sale day.
- The Treasurer's office (and much of the courthouse) closes on Fridays as of September 1, 2025; office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., office email [email protected].
- The 2025 foreclosure exhibit itemizes each parcel's taxes, interest, title search, publication, and mailing fees into a minimum-bid total, a useful preview of how Ferry County prices its openings.
Washington rules
- Redemption
- Any property on which a certificate of delinquency has been issued may be redeemed at any time before the close of business the day before the day of the sale. Washington has no general post-sale redemption period: once the treasurer sells the parcel, the sale is final for a competent adult owner. The one exception protects minors and persons adjudicated legally incompetent, whose property may be redeemed at any time within three years after the date of sale, on payment of the amount for which the property was sold plus interest at the statutory delinquent-tax rate from the date of sale, plus the reasonable value of improvements made in good faith on the property, less the value of their use. No fee may be charged for any redemption.
- Deed deposit
- For an auction conducted by electronic media, prospective bidders must deposit funds with the treasurer to participate, deposits of non-winning bidders are refunded within ten business days, and payment is by electronic funds transfer. Deposit amounts for in-person sales are set county by county, so confirm the figure on the county treasurer page or the auction platform terms.
- Surplus proceeds
- If the winning bid exceeds the minimum bid due on the whole property, the excess is refunded to the record owner. The record owner is the person who held title on the date the certificate of delinquency was issued. Surplus unclaimed within three years of the sale date is deposited in the county current expense fund, after which the claim is extinguished.
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 Aug 16, 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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