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What this page is: a persistent profile of how Jefferson County, Kentucky 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.

Jefferson County, Kentucky Delinquent Tax List and Tax Sale Hub

7,898 parcels are on the Jefferson County delinquent tax list. Jefferson County, Kentucky runs a lien sale via Jefferson County Clerk (in-person). 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.

Jefferson County, Kentucky delinquent tax list: 7,898 properties from the last sale

Source: Kentucky DOR 2025 initial delinquent tax-bill lists, retrieved 2026-07-19

This sale has already been held. Below is the list exactly as the county published it, which is still the record of what went to sale and the usual starting point for working out what the next cycle will look like. Nothing here is available to buy today. The full 7,898 parcels, with a map, filters, CSV export and a report on any single parcel, are in the member research view.

Years tracked: 2026 (1 list). 2026: 7,898 parcels. Each year's Jefferson County list is kept as published, so a parcel that appears again next year can be traced back.

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Sale type
lien
Platform
Jefferson County Clerk (in-person)
Bidding method
Kentucky sells Certificates of Delinquency (delinquent tax bills), not classic liens. Order of purchase is set by a lottery drawing among registered third-party purchasers.
Statutory maximum rate
12% simple interest on the amount paid, by the month, paid by the owner (KRS 134.125)
Redemption period
The owner may pay off the certificate at any time -- no fixed expiration; a purchaser generally cannot foreclose until 1 year after the sale (KRS 134.546).
Cadence
annual typical window

Legal structure & statutory basis

KRS Ch. 134 (134.125, 134.128)

Kentucky sells Certificates of Delinquency (delinquent tax bills), not classic liens. Each County Clerk holds one annual sale (90-135 days after bills are certified); third-party purchasers must pre-register with the Dept of Revenue. 12% interest to the purchaser.

County contact / official source

Jefferson County Clerk (in-person) is the office/platform of record for this sale.

https://www.jeffersoncountyclerk.org/jefferson-county-delinquent-property-listing/

Sale history

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

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