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El Dorado County Tax Sale: 99 Properties on the Block Friday, November 6

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The sale, in numbers

The published list opened at 102 properties; 3 have already been withdrawn, redeemed or sold out, leaving 99 live for the November 6 sale. Combined published minimum bids come to $310,400. The median parcel sits at $1,800; the list runs from $900 up to $30,000. Those figures are the county's published numbers, exactly as released — the starting point for bidding math, never a statement of what a property is worth. On our 100-point screen, 97 of the 99 properties score 70 or higher — the sort order to start from before sale day.

• 99 properties live on the published list (102 originally published)
• $310,400 combined published minimum bids — median $1,800, smallest $900, largest $30,000
• 97 of the 99 properties score 70 or higher on our 100-point screen
• Sale date: Friday, November 6, 2026 — online via Bid4Assets

How this California sale works

California sells tax-defaulted property by deed: property becomes subject to the tax collector's power to sell after 5 years in default (3 years for nonresidential commercial property). The owner may redeem until the close of business on the last business day before the sale begins — and there is no post-sale redemption at all. The published minimum bid is the floor, not the price. Parcels that do not sell may be reoffered within 90 days, sometimes at a reduced minimum, so an unsold list is a second chance, not a dead end.

Before Friday: how to work this list

Start from the full list on the El Dorado County page linked below and work it down to a bid list before sale day: screen for the areas and property types you actually buy, verify each finalist against county records, and confirm registration, deposit and payment rules on Bid4Assets well before November 6. The sale is in 2 days; the buyers who win it are the ones who did the sorting in advance, not the ones scrolling on sale day. The score sort is the fastest first pass — 97 properties clear 70 on our screen.

Questions

Is the published minimum bid the price of the property?
No. The minimum bid is the floor the county published — taxes, interest, penalties and costs rolled into one figure. Competitive bidding decides the final price, and the minimum says nothing about the property's market value.

Can the owner redeem after a California tax sale?
No. The owner may redeem until the close of business on the last business day before the sale commences; after the sale there is no post-sale redemption.