What this page is: a persistent profile of how Ray County, Missouri 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.
Ray County, Missouri Tax Sale — County Hub
Ray County, Missouri runs a lien sale via In-person, Ray County Courthouse, Richmond, MO. 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
RSMo Ch. 140
Each county Collector holds an annual Certificate of Purchase sale (statutory default: fourth Monday in August); 1-year general redemption at 10% per annum. Some counties (e.g. Jackson County) use a separate judicial foreclosure process under Ch. 141 instead.
County contact / official source
In-person, Ray County Courthouse, Richmond, MO is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://raycountycollectormo.com/Sale history
We currently track one active cycle for Ray 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 Ray County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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