Auction Radar: Aug 24 - Sep 8, 2026 - Missouri's Fourth-Monday Wave Leads 12 Verified Sales
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TL;DR
- →Twelve tax sales with county-verified dates land between August 24 and September 8 across Missouri, Michigan, New York, Mississippi, Wyoming and Indiana.
- →Missouri opens the window with five fourth-Monday sales on August 24: Greene, St. Louis County, Ray, Jefferson and Johnson, all at 10:00 am per each county Collector.
- →Mississippi's DeSoto and Jackson counties start their annual sales on August 31; Jackson runs online for five to seven days until all delinquent parcels sell.
- →Every date in this edition carries our highest confidence rating: verified against the county's own page, with a direct link to the official listing on each auction page.
The Missouri fourth-Monday wave: August 24
Missouri statute puts county tax lien sales on the fourth Monday in August, and this year that lands on August 24. Five counties we track hold sales that morning: Greene, St. Louis County, Ray, Jefferson and Johnson, each confirmed at 10:00 am against the county Collector's own notice. Johnson County's date comes straight from its 2026 Notice of Tax Certificate Sale.
If Missouri is on your list, the work happens this weekend: the sale lists are posted on each Collector's page, and Missouri is a premium-bid lien state where discipline on your maximum bid matters more than speed on sale day. Every auction page on our site links the county's live listing so you are reading the same list the bidders in the room will hold.
Michigan foreclosure auctions: August 25 and 26
Michigan is a deed state, and two sales follow immediately after Missouri's wave. Oakland County sells on Wednesday, August 25. The next day, Kent County runs a joint auction with Muskegon, Oceana and Ottawa counties, online from 10:00 am to 7:00 pm EDT.
A joint auction is worth understanding before you bid: four counties' inventories move through one event, which means more parcels but also bidders from four counties' worth of local knowledge in the same room. Erie County, New York holds its In Rem 173 foreclosure sale the same day, August 26, and it includes carryover properties from In Rem 172 that did not sell last cycle - carryovers are where under-bid opportunities sometimes hide.
Mississippi opens the season: August 31
Mississippi holds its annual tax lien sales starting the last Monday of August. DeSoto County confirms August 31 under the county's stated annual rule, and Jackson County begins the same day with an online sale that runs five to seven days until every delinquent parcel has sold.
That multi-day online format changes strategy: there is no single sale-morning scramble, and parcels later in the run often see thinner bidding. Mississippi's statutory framework makes it one of the more approachable lien states for first-time bidders, which is exactly why the popular counties get competitive early in the run.
Early September: Wyoming's lottery and Lake County, Indiana
Natrona County, Wyoming holds its online lottery drawing on September 3 - Wyoming allocates liens by lottery rather than competitive bid, so preparation is about registration and parcel selection, not bidding tactics. Lake County, Indiana - the state's second-largest county by population - runs its tax lien sale from Friday, September 4 through Tuesday, September 8.
Looking further into September, seven more county-verified sales are already on the board: King County, Washington (September 9), Fresno County, California (September 10-11), Bucks County, Pennsylvania (September 15), Allen County, Indiana (September 16), Montgomery County, Tennessee (September 17), and Pennsylvania's Chester (September 21) and Montgomery (September 24) upset sales. Each has a live auction page with the county's official listing linked.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this Auction Radar edition.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which tax sales happen between August 24 and September 8, 2026?↓
Twelve county-verified sales: five Missouri fourth-Monday sales on August 24 (Greene, St. Louis County, Ray, Jefferson, Johnson), Oakland County MI on August 25, Kent County MI's joint auction and Erie County NY's In Rem 173 on August 26, DeSoto and Jackson counties MS on August 31, Natrona County WY's online lottery on September 3, and Lake County IN from September 4 to 8.
Why do five Missouri counties all hold tax sales on August 24, 2026?↓
Missouri statute schedules county tax lien sales on the fourth Monday in August, which falls on August 24 in 2026. TaxLienSimple verified each county's 10:00 am start against the county Collector's own published notice rather than inferring from the statute alone.
How does Jackson County Mississippi's online tax sale work?↓
Jackson County's sale begins Monday, August 31, 2026, the last Monday in August, and runs online for five to seven days until all delinquent parcels sell. The multi-day format spreads bidding out, and parcels later in the run often see thinner competition than sale-day-morning formats.
Where do the auction dates in TaxLienSimple's Auction Radar come from?↓
Every date is verified against the county's own official page - the Collector, Treasurer or court listing - and carries a confidence rating. Dates in this edition are all rated exact, and each auction page on taxliensimple.com links directly to the county's live property listing.
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