Greenlee County tax sales, Arizona

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Greenlee County sells in person at the Treasurer's office in Clifton, starting at 10:00 a.m., and runs the sale on paper forms: a Bidder Information Form from the counter on the day of the sale or on the Treasurer's webpage, asking for name, mailing address, phone number and Social Security Number or Tax ID number. Its published fees are a $5 assignment fee, a $5 investor fee and a $10 Certificate of Purchase fee. The county no longer facilitates the foreclosure process; on submission of a judgment from Superior Court, the Treasurer issues a treasurer's deed. The FAQ states the actual date for the sale will be available January 1, so no 2027 date exists to publish yet.

Selling office: Greenlee County Treasurer Diane Berube

Next sale: February 2027 in person tax lien sale; the Treasurer's FAQ states the actual date for the sale will be available January 1, and no dated 2027 sale was published as of November 9, 2026. The 2026 sale was held Thursday, February 19, 2026 at the Greenlee County Treasurer's office in Clifton, Arizona, commencing at 10:00 a.m., for delinquent 2024 taxes, per the county's 2026 tax lien sale posting.

Treasurer Diane Berube, P.O. Box 1227, Clifton, AZ 85533. A delinquent tax lien list dated October 5, 2026 was posted on the county site, an early look at the pool heading toward the February sale.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	February 2027 in person tax lien sale; the Treasurer's FAQ states the actual date for the sale will be available January 1, and no dated 2027 sale was published as of November 9, 2026
The sale	In person every February at the Treasurer's Office, 253 Fifth St., Clifton, Arizona, starting at 10:00 a.m. until all parcels are offered. The 2026 sale was February 19, 2026. The actual date for the 2027 sale will be available January 1, per the FAQ; none was published as of November 9, 2026.
The list	The parcel list is available at the Treasurer's Office and is published in the county newspaper approximately two weeks before the sale; it can also be found on the February Tax Lien Sale Listing.
Registration	Bidders must be registered in order to bid. The Bidder Information Form is available at the counter on the day of the sale or on the Treasurer's webpage under Tax Lien Sales Forms; it requires name, mailing address, phone number, and Social Security Number or Tax ID number.
Bidding and the certificate	Bidding follows ARS 42-18114, competing on the interest rate down from the 16 percent maximum. County fees are a $5.00 assignment fee, a $5.00 investor fee and a $10.00 Certificate of Purchase fee. Payment is by money order, certified check or cash; no personal checks are accepted.
Redemption	Redemption follows ARS 42-18151 to 42-18153. For foreclosure the county points holders to ARS 42-18201 and recommends seeking an attorney; the Treasurer's office no longer facilitates the foreclosure process, and upon submission of a judgment from Superior Court the Treasurer issues a treasurer's deed.
Unsold liens	Liens that draw no bid are assigned to the state under ARS 42-18113 and are sold by assignment under ARS 42-18122. No county published over the counter window was stated in the FAQ read.
Format	In person, at the Treasurer's office in Clifton: No online platform; the sale is held at the Treasurer's Office, 253 Fifth St., Clifton
Selling office	Greenlee County Treasurer Diane Berube

Sources: Greenlee County Treasurer, Tax Lien Sale FAQ. Greenlee County, 2026 Tax Lien Sale posting. ARS 42-18112, Time of sale. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How Arizona tax lien sales work

Unpaid taxes become a lien, and the lien is what sells. Property taxes in Arizona are a lien on the property, and when they stay unpaid the county treasurer prepares the delinquent list (by December 31 under ARS 42-18106), advertises it, and sells the tax lien at the annual sale under Title 42, Chapter 18. What the buyer receives is a certificate of purchase: a lien position against the property, not the property, not a deed, and no right to enter or use it.
The sale runs every February, mostly online. The treasurer of each county holds the annual sale in February. Most Arizona counties now sell through an online vendor the treasurer names on its tax lien sale page; registration and a funded account come before bidding, and each county sets its own registration deadline and deposit rule on top of the statute.
Bidding is the interest rate, and it goes down. Buyers bid the annual interest rate the lien will earn, starting at the 16 percent per annum maximum in ARS 42-18053 and bidding down under ARS 42-18114; the lowest rate wins. The winner pays the treasurer the full amount of delinquent taxes, interest, penalties and fees for the parcel on the day of sale. Competition, not the county, sets the rate a lien actually carries.
Redemption is the normal exit, and it runs through the treasurer. The owner, or another party in interest, may redeem at any time before a court enters judgment foreclosing the lien, by paying the treasurer the certificate amount plus interest at the bid rate, plus any subsequent taxes the holder paid and the statutory fees. The treasurer then pays the holder. Most certificates are redeemed; the interest, not the property, is the usual return.
The deed is a court case that cannot start for 3 years. If the lien is still unredeemed 3 years after the sale, the certificate holder may bring a foreclosure action in superior court under ARS 42-18201. Only a final judgment in that action bars the owner's right to redeem and directs the treasurer to issue a treasurer's deed. Liens nobody buys at the sale are struck off to the state, and the state held liens can later be bought by assignment from the treasurer.

How bidding works in Greenlee County

Register with the Bidder Information Form, available at the Treasurer's counter on the day of the sale or on the Treasurer's webpage under Tax Lien Sales Forms.

The rate is the price. A lien bid at 16 percent and redeemed in year two is a different asset from the same lien bid at 4 percent and redeemed in month three. Arizona returns are set in the bid room, before any property question is reached, so model the rate and the likely redemption window first.
The certificate is not the property. No possession, no rents, no right to enter, and no deed for at least 3 years, and then only through a court foreclosure. Buyers who need the property itself should be reading the deed state pages, not this one.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Greenlee County	No deposit requirement is stated in the Treasurer's FAQ read, and none is claimed here.
Payment, Greenlee County	Payment is by money order, certified check or cash; no personal checks are accepted, per the Treasurer's FAQ. The exact payment deadline on the sale day was not stated in the FAQ read.
What is sold	A certificate of purchase: a lien on the property for the delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and fees. Not the property, not a deed, and no right of possession. A deed exists only at the end of a foreclosure action, years later, if the owner never redeems.
The bid	An annual interest rate, bid down from the statutory maximum of 16 percent. The lowest rate wins the lien. The buyer pays the full certificate amount at the sale and earns the bid rate on the amount while the lien is outstanding.
Redemption	At any time before a foreclosure judgment, through the county treasurer, by paying the certificate amount plus interest at the bid rate, subsequent taxes the holder paid, and statutory fees. The state frame is Title 42, Chapter 18; the county page carries the treasurer's own redemption instructions.
Foreclosure	Available to the certificate holder once the lien has been outstanding 3 years from the sale date, by action in superior court under ARS 42-18201, and not later than 10 years after the last day of the month in which the lien was acquired. Judgment bars redemption and directs the treasurer to issue a treasurer's deed. Before that judgment, the holder owns a claim, not a property.
Lien life	A certificate does not last forever. Under ARS 42-18127, if the lien is not redeemed and no foreclosure action is commenced within 10 years after the last day of the month in which the certificate was acquired, the certificate expires and the lien is void. The treasurer must notify the holder before the deadline, but the deadline runs whether the holder acts or not.
Costs on top of the certificate amount	The sale day payment covers the delinquent taxes, accrued interest, penalties and fees in the certificate amount. A holder who later pays subsequent delinquent taxes on the parcel adds them to the lien position under ARS 42-18121, at the certificate rate; a foreclosure, if it comes, carries court and notice costs the redemption math must also cover.

Unsold liens: the statutory assignment route

Under ARS 42-18113, liens that receive no bid are assigned to the state at the 16 percent rate, and under ARS 42-18122 the treasurer sells a state held certificate to any person who pays the whole amount then due under the certificate plus the entire amount of subsequent taxes, with an assignment fee of not more than $10. The county's separate property tax deed sale is a different sale, for deeded property; information is on the Board of Supervisors page or by calling 928-865-2072.

Before you bid

Know the redemption window before the rate. Interest accrues at the bid rate from the sale, and the owner can cut it off at any time by redeeming. A lien priced for a 3 year hold that redeems in 90 days pays a quarter of the model; run the short case first.
Read the treasurer's current terms, not a recap. Vendors, registration deadlines and deposit rules change between sales, and county pages are rewritten each season. Re-read them on the treasurer's page before funding a deposit.
Subsequent taxes are part of the position. A holder can pay later delinquent taxes on the parcel and add them to the lien. Budget for carrying the position, not just buying it.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your exit value to the highest certificate amount you can carry, with the costs shown.

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