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.
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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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