Jackson County tax sales, Missouri

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Jackson County is Missouri's second exception: a ch. 141 court foreclosure, administered by the 16th Circuit Court rather than the collector, selling parcels foreclosed the previous year for three or more years of back taxes. And its 2026 sale did not happen. By Executive Order of County Executive Phil LeVota, signed July 13, 2026 and announced by the circuit on July 30, 2026, the sale was canceled to allow time to verify the accuracy of property tax records and tax bill calculations. The scheduled weeks, August 10 to 14 in Independence and August 17 to 21 in Kansas City, passed without a sale, the county states that no future sale date has been announced, and the cancellation does not forgive the taxes. The 2026 sale would have covered tax years 2022, 2023 and 2024.

Selling office: 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Department of Civil Process (Court Administrator)

Next sale: No future sale date announced; the 2026 sale (scheduled August 10 to 21, 2026) was canceled by executive order. The circuit's own pages state that no future sale date has been announced. When the sale resumes it follows the established pattern: one week on the courthouse steps in Independence for parcels generally east of I-435, the following week in Kansas City for parcels west of I-435. Do not plan around an August 2027 date until the court announces one.

As of November 9, 2026, Jackson County has no announced sale date. The honest status is a paused system: foreclosure cases and tax bills continue to accrue, the 2022 to 2024 tax years that the 2026 sale would have covered remain delinquent, and the next sale, whenever the court schedules it, is likely to be larger than a normal year. The circuit's Delinquent Land Tax pages are the only live word.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	No future sale date announced; the 2026 sale (scheduled August 10 to 21, 2026) was canceled by executive order
Eligibility	The sale auctions properties foreclosed on the previous year for owing back taxes for three or more years. The canceled 2026 sale would have covered tax years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
The 2026 cancellation	Executive Order signed July 13, 2026 by County Executive Phil LeVota canceled the sale to verify the accuracy of property tax records and tax bill calculations; the circuit announced it July 30, 2026. The taxes are not forgiven.
The scheduled weeks	Independence, August 10 to 14, 2026, on the South courthouse steps of the Eastern Jackson County Courthouse, and Kansas City, August 17 to 21, 2026, on the North courthouse steps of the Jackson County Courthouse. Both weeks were canceled.
Registration	Applications are accepted from April and registration must be approved no less than 10 days before the sale under RSMo 141.550.2. The canceled 2026 approval deadlines were July 31 for Independence and August 7 for Kansas City.
The sale	Public auction for ready money to the highest bidder, provided the bid is at least the full amount of all tax bills due plus interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs, plus a nonreimbursable 200 dollar bidder fee paid to the land trust or land bank agency (s. 141.550).
After the sale	Sales are conducted as on execution sales, followed by court confirmation and a Court Administrator's deed. Unsold parcels pass to the Land Trust of Jackson County.
Format	Judicial foreclosure auction on the courthouse steps, one week in Independence and one week in Kansas City; the 2026 sale was canceled: Jackson County does not use the ch. 140 collector sale. Delinquent land tax cases are foreclosed judicially under the Land Tax Collection Law, ch. 141, and the Department of Civil Process sells the foreclosed parcels on the courthouse steps: the Eastern Jackson County Courthouse, 308 W. Kansas Ave, Independence, one week, and the Jackson County Courthouse, 415 E. 12th St, Kansas City, the next.
Selling office	16th Judicial Circuit Court, Department of Civil Process (Court Administrator)

Sources: 16th Judicial Circuit Court, Delinquent Land Tax Sale (16thcircuit.org). 16th Judicial Circuit Court, DLT Sale Overview and Bidder Information. Missouri Revised Statutes s. 141.550, Land Tax Collection Law sale (revisor.mo.gov). 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 Missouri tax sales work

A court sells, not a collector. Jackson County forecloses delinquent land taxes judicially under the Land Tax Collection Law, ch. 141. The Department of Civil Process of the 16th Judicial Circuit Court administers the sale of properties foreclosed on the previous year for owing back taxes for three or more years.
Two courthouses, two weeks. The sale runs one week on the South courthouse steps at the Eastern Jackson County Courthouse in Independence, for parcels generally east of I-435, and the following week on the North courthouse steps at the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City, for parcels west of I-435.
The floor is the full judgment plus a land bank fee. Under s. 141.550 the parcel sells for ready money to the highest bidder, provided the bid is at least the full amount of all tax bills due, plus interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs, plus a nonreimbursable 200 dollar bidder fee paid to the land trust or land bank agency.
Redemption happens before the sale, not after it. There is no certificate of purchase and no one year redemption period in this system. The owner's exits are to pay the taxes, penalties and suit costs in full, in person, in cash or certified funds, at any time before the sale, or to enter a payment contract.
Confirmation and a Court Administrator's deed close the sale. Sales are conducted as on execution sales; the court confirms, and the Court Administrator issues the deed. Notice of sale is published in The Daily Record for four consecutive weeks before the sale.
Unsold parcels pass to the Land Trust. What the courthouse steps do not sell becomes inventory of the Land Trust of Jackson County under ch. 141.

How bidding works in Jackson County

Apply from April through the circuit's bidder registration process; approval must land no less than 10 days before the sale. Eligibility under RSMo 141.550.2 requires showing that you own no county parcel with a tax bill delinquent more than six months and no parcel with two or more municipal building or housing code violations. The Collections Department verifies, so allow two to three business days. An approved bidder receives a bidder card, which is required at the sale.

The floor already contains the county's whole claim. Because the minimum bid is every tax bill due plus interest, penalties, fees and costs plus 200 dollars, the competitive margin starts above the full public claim. Price the parcel against that floor, not against the tax amount alone.
A canceled year changes the next sale's shape. The 2026 cancellation leaves three tax years of foreclosed inventory unsold and still accruing. When the court resumes sales, expect a larger list and more first-time bidders drawn by the publicity; the disciplined move is to work the Land Trust inventory in the meantime.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Jackson County	No bidding deposit is stated in the circuit's materials read; the fixed extra cost is the nonreimbursable 200 dollar bidder fee per parcel under s. 141.550, paid to the land trust or land bank agency on top of the bid. A deposit with the Civil Process Department is one of the accepted payment routes the circuit names.
Payment, Jackson County	Ready money at the sale: cash, cashier's check, or money order made out to the Jackson County Court Administrator, or a deposit with the Civil Process Department. All sales are final and parcels sell as is.
What is sold	The property itself, under a foreclosure judgment, at a court conducted auction. There is no lien certificate, no certificate interest rate, and no post-sale redemption year; the ch. 140 terms on other Missouri pages do not apply here.
The minimum bid	Set by s. 141.550: the full amount of all tax bills due, plus interest, penalties, attorney's fees and costs, plus a nonreimbursable 200 dollar bidder fee paid to the land trust or land bank agency. A bid below that floor cannot be accepted.
Ready money	The sale is for ready money: cash, cashier's check, or money order payable to the Jackson County Court Administrator, or a deposit with the Civil Process Department. All sales final, as is.
Bidder eligibility	Registration approved at least ten days before the sale, with the s. 141.550.2 showing: no owned county parcel with a tax bill delinquent more than six months, and none with two or more municipal building or housing code violations.
The owner's exits	Payment in full of taxes, penalties and suit costs before the sale, in person, by cash or certified funds, or a payment contract with the county. After the sale and confirmation there is no redemption period to wait out.
Unsold parcels	Parcels that do not sell pass to the Land Trust of Jackson County. The Land Trust, and inside Kansas City the city Land Bank for certain properties, is the standing leftover channel.

Unsold parcels: the Land Trust of Jackson County

Parcels that do not sell at the court sale pass to the Land Trust of Jackson County under ch. 141, the county's land bank channel; the 200 dollar bidder fee in s. 141.550 flows to the land trust or land bank agency. Inside Kansas City, the city's Land Bank handles certain properties as well; the split between the two is described in secondary guides rather than in the circuit's own pages, so confirm which body holds a given parcel before making an offer. With the 2026 sale canceled, the Land Trust inventory is also where the parcels that would have been sold are expected to accumulate.

Before you bid

Do not calendar a sale the court has not announced. The county states plainly that no future sale date has been announced. Any third party calendar showing an August 2027 Jackson County date is projecting, not reporting.
Check both land channels. Unsold and canceled-sale parcels surface through the Land Trust of Jackson County, and some Kansas City parcels through the city Land Bank. Confirm which body holds the parcel before spending on title work.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your exit value to the highest bid you can pay, with the costs shown.

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