What this page is: a persistent profile of how Washington, District of Columbia runs its tax sale, independent of any single year's date. For the specific upcoming sale with a confirmable date, see the event page linked below.
Washington, District of Columbia Tax Sale, County Hub
Washington, District of Columbia runs a lien sale via DC Office of Tax and Revenue (in-person, 1101 4th St SW). Held on an annual cycle; the specific date is set and published by the county each year rather than falling on a fixed statutory day.
Tax delinquent properties for sale in District of Columbia County: 504 on the District of Columbia delinquent tax list
Source: District of Columbia Office of Tax and Revenue - Annual Tax Lien Sale Bid-Back Report (liens bid off to the District, available over the counter), retrieved 2026-10-04Counties publish this as a PDF, undated and unsorted, and replace it when the next sale comes round. This is the same list with the addresses resolved and the biggest opening bids first, showing where it came from and when we pulled it. The full 504 parcels, with a map, filters, CSV export and a report on any single parcel, are in the member research view.
Years tracked: 2025 to 2026 (2 lists). 2026: 504 parcels; 2025: 2,143 parcels. Each year's District of Columbia County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.
| Address | Opening bid |
|---|---|
| NE WASHINGTON DC 00000 View | $720,593 |
| 4560 NANNIE HELEN View | $577,715 |
| 209 ATLANTIC ST SE View | $464,947 |
| 5220 BASS PL SE WASHINGTON View | $394,568 |
| 1002 G ST NE WASHINGTON DC View | $340,180 |
| BUENA VISTA TER SE View | $338,999 |
| 4404 NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NW View | $306,853 |
| SE WASHINGTON DC 00000 View | $300,074 |
| 1616 E ST NE WASHINGTON DC View | $288,968 |
| 32ND ST SE WASHINGTON DC View | $250,892 |
| DOUGLASS RD SE WASHINGTON View | $232,382 |
| 717 QUINCY ST NW View | $230,270 |
| 4126 13TH ST NW WASHINGTON View | $210,152 |
| NW WASHINGTON DC 00000 View | $204,387 |
| BANGOR ST SE WASHINGTON DC View | $193,877 |
| 4618 5TH ST NW WASHINGTON View | $192,144 |
| 7 61ST ST NE WASHINGTON DC View | $188,091 |
| ROBINSON PL SE WASHINGTON View | $185,219 |
| 826 20TH ST NE WASHINGTON DC View | $184,319 |
| 2632 WADE RD SE # 21 View | $177,556 |
| 3120 G ST SE WASHINGTON DC View | $166,343 |
| POPE ST SE WASHINGTON DC View | $159,947 |
| 101 33RD ST NE WASHINGTON DC View | $158,988 |
| P ST NW WASHINGTON DC 20007 View | $154,161 |
| 1800 L ST NE WASHINGTON DC View | $139,974 |
| 4116 13TH ST NW WASHINGTON View | $138,125 |
| INDEPENDENCE AVE SE View | $136,112 |
| 21ST ST NW WASHINGTON DC View | $135,628 |
| 1718 MONTELLO AVE NE View | $128,894 |
| NE WASHINGTON DC 00000 View | $128,544 |
| 4839 KANSAS AVE NW View | $126,753 |
| DUMBARTON ST NW View | $126,055 |
| CROFFUT PL SE WASHINGTON View | $115,336 |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE AVE NE View | $115,283 |
| 2632 WADE RD SE # 13 View | $110,717 |
| 44 GALVESTON PL SW # B View | $102,380 |
| 5406 NANNIE HELEN View | $99,979 |
| SE WASHINGTON DC 00000 View | $97,242 |
| 3000 WOODLAND DR NW View | $96,015 |
| 2632 WADE RD SE # 24 View | $93,637 |
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Legal structure & statutory basis
DC Code Title 47, Ch. 13A
DC OTR holds an annual public tax LIEN sale (typically July); winning bidders get a certificate, redemption carries 1.5%/month (18%/yr), and a purchaser must wait 6 months before filing to foreclose.
County contact / official source
DC Office of Tax and Revenue (in-person, 1101 4th St SW) is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://otr.cfo.dc.gov/page/real-property-tax-lien-sale-and-resourcesSale history
We currently track one active cycle for Washington at a time and don't yet maintain a distinct archive of past sale events for this county -- when a cycle closes, the record here reflects the newest tracked cycle rather than an appended history. This is a known gap in the dataset, not a claim that Washington has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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