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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Linn County, Iowa 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.

Linn County, Iowa Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub

167 parcels are on the Linn County delinquent tax list. Linn County, Iowa runs a lien sale via iowataxauction.com (Zeus Auction/RealAuction). 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.

Linn County delinquent list: 167 parcels published

Source: Linn County IA Treasurer - 2026 Delinquent Tax List, retrieved 2026-07-31

A 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: 167 parcels. Each year's Linn County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.

ParcelOpening bidSale date
141032900200000$44,4412026-06-15
123647604300000$16,8642026-06-15
152820100100000$16,1102026-06-15
141645700200000$11,5052026-06-15
142228100200000$11,2572026-06-15
130140300100000$10,1502026-06-15
141642700300000$8,4542026-06-15
132440302000000$7,1582026-06-15

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Sale type
lien
Platform
iowataxauction.com (Zeus Auction/RealAuction)
Bidding method
Bid-down on undivided percentage interest: starts at 100%, bidders bid down in whole-percentage-point increments to as low as 1%; smallest percentage wins (Iowa Code 446.16). Linn County will not use batches. The 24%/year interest rate itself is fixed by statute, not bid down.
Statutory maximum rate
2% per month (24% per annum), fixed by statute, not bid down (Iowa Code 447.1)
Redemption period
1 year 9 months from the sale date before a 90-day Notice of Right of Redemption may issue; 9 months for public-bidder-sale parcels (Iowa Code 447.9)
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

Iowa Code Ch. 446/447

Annual tax sale statutorily set for the third Monday in June; bidders compete on the smallest percentage of the parcel they'll accept a lien against, not on interest rate -- the 2%/month (24%/year) rate is fixed by statute.

County contact / official source

iowataxauction.com (Zeus Auction/RealAuction) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://iowataxauction.com

Sale history

We currently track one active cycle for Linn 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 Linn County has held only one sale.

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