What this page is: a persistent profile of how Polk 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.
Polk County, Iowa Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub
253 parcels are on the Polk County delinquent tax list. Polk County, Iowa runs a lien sale via GovEase.com. 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: 253 parcels published
Source: Polk County IA Treasurer Delinquent Tax List, retrieved 2026-07-31A 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: 253 parcels. Each year's Polk County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.
| Address | Type | Opening bid | Sale date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9600 HICKMAN RD | CLIVE, IA 50325 | Real Estate | $75,113 | 2026-06-15 |
| 713 SE 11TH ST | DES MOINES, IA 50309-5228 | Real Estate | $20,372 | 2026-06-15 |
| 37 E GRAY ST | DES MOINES, IA 50315 | Real Estate | $16,770 | 2026-06-15 |
| 1331 13TH ST | DES MOINES, IA 50314 | Real Estate | $12,974 | 2026-06-15 |
| 1300 SE 38TH ST | DES MOINES, IA 50317 | Real Estate | $1,117 | 2026-06-15 |
| 645 SE EWING ST | GRIMES, IA 50111-2083 | Real Estate | $804 | 2026-06-15 |
| 1112 FREMONT ST | DES MOINES, IA 50316-2942 | Real Estate | $744 | 2026-06-15 |
| 6901 SE 14TH ST | LOT 39 DES MOINES, IA 50320 | Real Estate | $701 | 2026-06-15 |
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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
GovEase.com is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://www.polkcountyiowa.gov/treasurer/information-for-tax-sale-buyers/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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