Liberty County tax deed sales

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Liberty County (county seat Bristol) sells tax deeds in person, run by the Liberty County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Jace Ford on In person on the front steps of the Liberty County Courthouse facing Hwy 20, at 10818 NW SR 20, Bristol, Florida 32321. A deputy clerk employed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court conducts the sale or public auction. The Clerk Guide to Tax Deeds states that the tax deed sales are advertised in the legal section of the Calhoun-Liberty Journal once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the public auction, and that the Clerk also posts notice of upcoming tax deed sales on the internet. No online auction platform is named.. Tax Deed Sales are held as scheduled and noticed at 11:00 AM on the front steps of the Liberty County Courthouse facing Hwy 20. The Clerk publishes no fixed weekly or monthly cadence.

Next sale on the calendar: No sale date published on the Clerk website. The Clerk Tax Deeds page states: There are no properties on the list of tax deeds at this time, so no single date is claimed here.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	No sale date published on the Clerk website
Sale pattern	Tax Deed Sales are held as scheduled and noticed at 11:00 AM on the front steps of the Liberty County Courthouse facing Hwy 20. The Clerk publishes no fixed weekly or monthly cadence.
Format	In person
Platform	In person on the front steps of the Liberty County Courthouse facing Hwy 20, at 10818 NW SR 20, Bristol, Florida 32321. A deputy clerk employed by the Clerk of the Circuit Court conducts the sale or public auction. The Clerk Guide to Tax Deeds states that the tax deed sales are advertised in the legal section of the Calhoun-Liberty Journal once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the public auction, and that the Clerk also posts notice of upcoming tax deed sales on the internet. No online auction platform is named.
Selling office	Liberty County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Jace Ford
The list	Yes. The Clerk Guide to Tax Deeds states that properties for which no bids are received at the auction are placed on a Lands Available for Taxes list, that the county may, at any time within the first 90 days from the day the property is placed on the list, purchase the property, and that after the ninety day period is over, anyone can purchase the property. Interest continues to accrue on the opening bid amount through the month of a sale of land purchased from this list, and documentary stamps and recording and indexing fees must be paid.

Sources: Liberty County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, Tax Deeds. Liberty County Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, A Guide to Tax Deeds. 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 Liberty County

There is no pre-registration required in order to participate in the bidding. You or a representative must be physically present at the sale to bid on the property. Potential bidders may post security (bank guarantee, letter of credit or cashier check) with the Clerk office prior to the auction to cover any personal or business checks used in payment of the bid amounts at the auction.

If no security is posted, a non-refundable $200 cash deposit is required for each successful bid. The successful bidder is required to submit a non-refundable $200 cash deposit immediately after being declared the successful bidder at the sale, and report to the Clerk Office of the Liberty County Courthouse within 24 hours of the sale to pay the balance.

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, Liberty County	If no security is posted, a non-refundable $200 cash deposit is required for each successful bid. The successful bidder is required to submit a non-refundable $200 cash deposit immediately after being declared the successful bidder at the sale, and report to the Clerk Office of the Liberty County Courthouse within 24 hours of the sale to pay the balance.
Balance due	Within 24 hours of the sale, the successful bidder reports to the Clerk Office to pay the bid amount less the $200 cash deposit, plus documentary stamps and recording fees. The bid amount must be in the form of cash, cashier check or money order payable to the Clerk of the Circuit Court. If the successful bidder fails to return with payment within 24 hours, the property is re-advertised and offered for sale no later than 30 days from the date the sale was canceled, and the Clerk may refuse to recognize the bid of a person who has previously bid and refused to honor a bid, for a period of 12 months from the time of the default.
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 Liberty 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 Guide to Tax Deeds states that properties for which no bids are received at the auction are placed on a Lands Available for Taxes list, that the county may, at any time within the first 90 days from the day the property is placed on the list, purchase the property, and that after the ninety day period is over, anyone can purchase the property. Interest continues to accrue on the opening bid amount through the month of a sale of land purchased from this list, and documentary stamps and recording and indexing fees must be paid.

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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