What this page is: a persistent profile of how Durham County, North Carolina 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.
Durham County, North Carolina Tax Sale, County Hub
Durham County, North Carolina runs a deed sale via Court-appointed Commissioner (usually R. Douglas Davis) -- lobby of the Durham County Judicial Building, 510 S. Dillard St., Durham. Statutory pattern: first Tuesday of every month.
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Legal structure & statutory basis
N.C.G.S. Ch. 105, Art. 26 (105-374/105-375)
Mortgage-style tax foreclosure -- no lien certificates. Property is auctioned per-case, then subject to a 10-day UPSET-BID period (each upset restarts the clock) until the court confirms; no redemption after confirmation.
County contact / official source
Court-appointed Commissioner (usually R. Douglas Davis) -- lobby of the Durham County Judicial Building, 510 S. Dillard St., Durham is the office/platform of record for this sale.
https://dconc.gov/Tax-Administration/Payment-Options-and-Collections/ForeclosureSale history
We currently track one active cycle for Durham 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 Durham County has held only one sale.
Tracked sale event
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