Alachua County tax deed sales

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Alachua County (county seat Gainesville) sells tax deeds online only, run by the Alachua County Clerk of Court, J.K. Irby on RealAuction at alachua.realtaxdeed.com. The Clerk acts as auctioneer for tax deed applications submitted by the Tax Collector, and sales run at 10:00 a.m.. Sales run as scheduled on the Clerk's Scheduled Tax Deed Sales listing, at 10:00 a.m. No fixed weekly or monthly cadence is stated on the Clerk tax deed page.

Next sale on the calendar: As scheduled on the auction calendar; no single date published. The Clerk lists Scheduled Tax Deed Sales without naming one next date, so no single date is claimed here.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	As scheduled on the auction calendar; no single date published
Sale pattern	Sales run as scheduled on the Clerk's Scheduled Tax Deed Sales listing, at 10:00 a.m. No fixed weekly or monthly cadence is stated on the Clerk tax deed page.
Format	Online only
Platform	RealAuction at alachua.realtaxdeed.com. The Clerk acts as auctioneer for tax deed applications submitted by the Tax Collector, and sales run at 10:00 a.m.
Selling office	Alachua County Clerk of Court, J.K. Irby
The list	Yes. The Clerk publishes a List of Lands Available, and real property offered at a tax deed auction that does not sell may be placed on the list, where properties remain for up to three years on a first come, first served basis. Current List of Lands property information runs through RealTDM at alachua.realtdm.com, selecting List of Lands under Case Status and then List of Lands Available for Public.

Sources: Alachua County Clerk, Tax Deed Sales. Alachua County Clerk, List of Lands Available. Confirm with the selling office or on the auction site before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels get pulled when owners redeem.

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How Florida tax deed sales work

Taxes go delinquent on April 1. The Tax Collector then sells a tax certificate on the property, on or before June 1, to a buyer who pays the taxes and earns interest.
The owner can redeem the certificate by paying the Tax Collector everything owed. Most certificates are redeemed and never reach a deed sale.
After two years from April 1 of the year the certificate was issued, the certificate holder may apply for a tax deed (Florida Statutes, Section 197.502). The Clerk then orders a title search, notifies the owner and lienholders, advertises the sale once a week for four weeks, and sets the auction.
The property sells to the highest bidder at the public auction (Section 197.542), starting at an opening bid that covers the outstanding certificates, interest, costs and fees. The owner may still redeem until the Clerk has received full payment for the tax deed.
What nobody bids on becomes Lands Available for Taxes, the county held list that can be bought without an auction. That leftover list is the year round layer under every county page in this set.

How registration works in Alachua County

The Clerk directs bidders to its Scheduled Tax Deed Sales listing, its RealAuction Tax Deed Sale Frequently Asked Questions, and its View Tax Deed Files List on RealTDM. The name for title on tax deeds must be set before the sale begins.

Before bidding, bidders must post an advance deposit of $200 or 5 percent of the bid, whichever is greater. Hand delivered deposits must be made before 3:00 p.m. on the last business day prior to the date of the sale, and ACH payments must be made at least 4 days in advance. Payment may be cash, money order, certified check or cashier's check, or by wire; personal checks are not accepted. The winning bidder's deposit and associated deposit fees are nonrefundable.

Owners redeem up to the last moment. A parcel leaves the list when the owner pays. A list you researched last week is not the list that sells.
A winning bid is a contract. Fail to complete payment and the deposit is kept, the property is resold, and the county can bar you from future sales.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit rule, Alachua County	Before bidding, bidders must post an advance deposit of $200 or 5 percent of the bid, whichever is greater. Hand delivered deposits must be made before 3:00 p.m. on the last business day prior to the date of the sale, and ACH payments must be made at least 4 days in advance. Payment may be cash, money order, certified check or cashier's check, or by wire; personal checks are not accepted. The winning bidder's deposit and associated deposit fees are nonrefundable.
Balance due	Winning bids, including recording fees, the winning bidder deposit fee and documentary stamps, must be paid in cash, cashier's check, wire, or RealAuction collected funds if available, within 24 hours of sale.
Deposit rule (state law)	The high bidder posts a nonrefundable deposit of 5 percent of the bid or $200, whichever is greater, at the time of the sale, applied to the final price (Florida Statutes, Section 197.542(2)). Online counties collect it in advance, in the bidder account, before the sale opens.
Extra costs on top of the bid	The buyer also pays the documentary stamp tax on the deed and the recording fees. Budget for them in the maximum bid, not after it.
Deed type	A tax deed issued by the selling office after full payment. Properties sell as is, on a buyer beware basis. The selling office makes no warranty about condition, title, zoning, or liens that may survive the sale.
Surplus	If a property sells for more than the opening bid, the surplus is held by the Clerk for the former owner and lienholders to claim under Section 197.582. It is not the buyer's money and it is not a discount on the bid.

Lands Available for Taxes: the leftover list

When a Alachua County tax deed sale draws no bid at or above the opening bid, the parcel is placed on the county List of Lands Available for Taxes. Anyone may then buy it at the posted price, first come, without an auction, until it is sold or the list is cleared. These are the parcels the auction passed over, so the due diligence matters more, not less: check taxes owed since the sale, liens, access, and zoning before you pay. Yes. The Clerk publishes a List of Lands Available, and real property offered at a tax deed auction that does not sell may be placed on the list, where properties remain for up to three years on a first come, first served basis. Current List of Lands property information runs through RealTDM at alachua.realtdm.com, selecting List of Lands under Case Status and then List of Lands Available for Public.

Before you bid

Check the list on the morning of the sale. Redemptions and cancellations run right up to sale time.
Run the parcel, not the headline. Look up assessed value and ownership with the county Property Appraiser, read the Clerk's tax deed file, and screen the opening bid against both before you set a maximum.
Some liens survive. A tax deed clears most private liens, but government liens can remain, and a federal tax lien can carry a 120 day right of redemption for the IRS after the sale. Title work after the sale is the buyer's job.
Set the maximum before the auction opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your resale or hold value to the highest bid you can pay, with deposit, stamps and recording shown.

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