Missouri Tax Sale Calendar

Quick answerMissouri tax sale timing: Annual county collector's sale on the fourth Monday in August (RSMo 140.170). Jackson County and the City of St. Louis instead use judicial delinquent land tax sales under RSMo ch. 141 on court-set schedules. What is sold: Tax lien certificates. Registration and deposits are due before the sale — in most counties, the day before — so the list posting date matters as much as the sale date.

Verified Missouri sale dates are added as counties publish their lists — members get them by text and email the moment they post. The sale rhythm below is from Missouri law.

Rate / penalty: Interest at the rate specified in the certificate of purchase, not to exceed 10% per annum, on the purchase money up to the delinquent taxes plus costs of sale (no interest is owed on any amount bid in excess of taxes plus costs); subsequent taxes paid by the purchaser earn 8% per annum (RSMo 140.340). Bidding is by premium (highest bid), not by bidding the rate down.

Redemption: 1 year from the date of sale for first- and second-offering parcels (RSMo 140.340), with a defeasible right to redeem thereafter until the purchaser actually acquires the collector's deed; parcels sold at a third offering are sold with no right of redemption.

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Rules: Missouri tax sale laws · Playbook: Missouri investing guide