December 2026 Tax Sales in Kansas
December in Kansas, in numbers
One Kansas county sells in December, and it is a substantial list: Bourbon County puts 104 parcels through a sheriff sale on Tuesday, December 1, 2026, at Memorial Hall in Fort Scott. The list is published by the County Treasurer.
The published data we ingest for this sale carries the parcel count, date and venue — no taxes-owed, opening-bid or assessed-value figures — so this post reports exactly that and no invented amounts. With no assessed values published, no ceiling estimates are shown for this sale.
- 1 tax sale · 104 parcels · Tuesday, December 1, 2026
- Bourbon County — in-person sheriff sale, Memorial Hall, Fort Scott, KS
- List published by the Bourbon County Treasurer
How Kansas sales work
Kansas runs no private lien market. When taxes go delinquent the county bids the parcel in itself, waits out the statutory period, then files a judicial foreclosure action; the sale that follows is a sheriff sale of the property itself. The owner's right to redeem ends at the sale — there is no post-sale redemption period to model, which makes pre-sale title and property homework the whole game.
A 104-parcel judicial sale rewards early sorting: screen the Treasurer's list down to the property types and areas you actually buy, verify finalists against county records, and confirm registration and payment terms with the county before December 1.
The full Bourbon County list — live
All 104 live parcels for the December 1 sheriff sale, exactly as Bourbon County published them and refreshed as the list changes — plus the one-time full report for this sale, emailed right after checkout.
Questions
Does Kansas sell tax lien certificates?
No. Kansas sells no lien certificates to private investors. The county bids delinquent parcels in itself and later forecloses judicially; the sheriff sale conveys the property itself.
Can the owner redeem after a Kansas sheriff sale?
No. The owner may redeem at any time before the sheriff sale, but there is no post-sale redemption.
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One Kansas sale in December — and it carries 104 parcels.
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