What this page is: a persistent profile of how Polk County, Florida 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.
Polk County, Florida Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub
685 parcels are on the Polk County delinquent tax list. Polk County, Florida runs a lien sale via RealTaxLien (a separate RealTDA platform handles Polk's tax deed sales). 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.
Polk County delinquent list: 685 parcels published
Source: RealAuction (polkfl.realtaxlien.com) preview items with status Active (Polk County Florida certificates available), retrieved 2026-09-22A sample of what the county has published for this sale. The full list, with map, filters, CSV export and a property report on any parcel, is in the member research view.
Years tracked: 2026 (1 list). 2026: 685 parcels. Each year's Polk County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.
| Parcel | Opening bid |
|---|---|
| 273203-932511-003710 | $68,271 |
| 262821-580100-000270 | $18,300 |
| 232812-050500-010032 | $4,778 |
| 232812-050500-011011 | $4,530 |
| 232812-050500-010031 | $3,740 |
| 282830-000000-021070 | $208 |
| 253023-000000-042020 | $137 |
| 272821-834512-000121 | $91 |
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Legal structure & statutory basis
Fla. Stat. Ch. 197 (Sec. 197.432, 197.472, 197.502, 197.542)
Tax certificate sales (liens) and tax deed sales (auctions of unredeemed certificates) are both authorized under Ch. 197; deed sale timing is set per-case by each Clerk of Court, not a fixed statewide calendar date.
County contact / official source
RealTaxLien (a separate RealTDA platform handles Polk's tax deed sales) is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://polkfl.realtaxlien.com/Sale history
We currently track one active cycle for Polk County 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 Polk County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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