Arkansas Properties With Back Taxes: Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List 2026

A property has back taxes when its owner has not paid the property tax bill. In Arkansas the county can then sell it at a tax sale.

2,936 tax delinquent properties are on Arkansas county lists right now, with another 8,652 from sales that have already been held (see the past sales view), across 74 counties. In Arkansas the county calls this the tax delinquent properties (you will also see COSL auction, Commissioner of State Lands). Every row below comes from the county's own published list; the parcel numbers, addresses and opening bids are the county's figures.

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A narrated walkthrough: find tax liens by county, read the Research Score, risk flags and sources, set your maximum bid and save a Deal Radar.

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If you came here for tax liens, start in Property Research and choose Tax Lien.

Liens without a set sale date sit under Timing not assigned yet. That includes over the counter liens you can buy now, with no auction.

Pick a state and a county. I'll use Maricopa County, Arizona.

Tick Mapped only to see each lien on the map, and switch to aerial imagery to look at the property from above.

Open a lien to see the full research.

The Research Score grades it from A to D, out of one hundred, and shows where the points come from.

Estimated value and confidence gives you a value range, and tells you how far to trust it. It's a starting point, not an appraisal.

Risk flags come up before you buy: whether it's still available, liens that may survive, and a source that may be out of date. Open one to see what to check.

The due diligence checklist shows the lien to value ratio and the back taxes, and what you still need to verify yourself.

Sources and freshness links every fact back to the county's own record.

Then calculate your maximum bid. You get a comfortable range, a caution range, and the price where you should stop.

Back in Research, mark it as a bid candidate, and add private notes that only you can see.

Save your search as a Deal Radar, and new matches come to you by email.

That's tax liens: from a county to a lien worth buying, with every fact sourced to the county.

Counties with a published list

CountyParcelsPast salesNext saleLowest opening bid
Van Buren2,421not yet posted$100
Izard1,094not yet posted$78
Garland976not yet posted$97
Saline879not yet posted$109
Jefferson835not yet posted$169
Sharp642not yet posted$90
Fulton573not yet posted$87
Phillips428not yet posted$165
Mississippi323not yet posted$100
Union271not yet posted$175
Baxter251not yet posted$85
St Francis197not yet posted$168
Miller136not yet posted$202
Hot Spring130not yet posted$173
Chicot125not yet posted$189
Cleburne121not yet posted$57
CRITTENDEN0111not yet posted$199
Greene103not yet posted$170
WHITE0103not yet posted$201
BENTON095not yet posted$249
Sebastian89not yet posted$164
Faulkner74not yet posted$185
Ashley67not yet posted$172
Desha66not yet posted$209
Crawford65not yet posted$177
Jackson63not yet posted$195
Monroe61not yet posted$189
Columbia58not yet posted$100
Lee58not yet posted$206
Polk55not yet posted$188
Craighead53not yet posted$198
Bradley51not yet posted$186
BOONE050not yet posted$114
INDEPENDENCE050not yet posted$256
Lincoln48not yet posted$182
Clay46not yet posted$216
HEMPSTEAD045not yet posted$185
Lafayette45not yet posted$169
Poinsett44not yet posted$172
Washington42not yet posted$184
Ouachita34not yet posted$174
Pulaski34not yet posted$210
Sevier34not yet posted$203
Lawrence33not yet posted$178
WOODRUFF033not yet posted$189
Conway32not yet posted$194
Perry29not yet posted$184
Cross28not yet posted$252
Drew27not yet posted$188
Yell26not yet posted$150
MARION025not yet posted$240
JOHNSON023not yet posted$249
POPE023not yet posted$250
Randolph23not yet posted$193
Cleveland22not yet posted$204
HOWARD021not yet posted$203
Calhoun19not yet posted$196
Little River19not yet posted$183
LOGAN018not yet posted$220
GRANT017not yet posted$203

14 more counties in the member research view.

How Arkansas sells tax delinquent property

Sale type
tax deed public auction and post-auction sale
Investor return
none, deed sold outright to the highest bidder (no investor interest earned)
Redemption period
none post-sale except a 10-business-day window after the auction (owner may redeem any time up to the sale)
Bidding method
highest bid (deed)
Typical sale season
rolling scheduled county auctions plus year-round post-auction inventory

Parcels are certified to the Commissioner of State Lands after ~2 years delinquent, then sold at public auction for at least taxes+penalties+interest+costs; the winner gets a Limited Warranty Deed if not redeemed within 10 business days.

Statutory terms last verified 2026-07-29; see the Arkansas investing profile for the sources and the TaxLienSimple Index score.

Where Arkansas counties publish the list

The office that publishes this notice is not the same in every state: it can be the treasurer, the tax collector, the clerk, the sheriff, the court, or the auction platform named on the county page. Before you rely on a row, check four things on the county's own page — the posted date, the sale date, whether the record is current or historical, and the official link you took it from. Our guide to finding and verifying a list walks through that check and how to keep the result as a watchlist: how to find and verify a tax sale list.

What this page does not show

Everything above is the sale itself: the date, the platform, the statutory terms and the county's own sources, free and without an account. What it does not show is the property-level detail, or the 409 other county and city sales tracked alongside this one.

  • The 11,588 parcels published for Arkansas. Opening bids, addresses and assessed values, with the official source on each row. This page shows a sample.
  • The full sale calendar. 410 tracked county and city sales, filterable by date, state and sale type, instead of one page at a time.
  • 330,391 parcels across 939 counties. Searchable nationwide, with a research score and the pre-bid warnings behind it.

A free account previews two counties and needs no card. Paid plans start with a 7-day trial for $1.99 and carry a 7-day money-back guarantee. TaxLienSimple is a research platform: we publish the records and the sources, we do not sell properties and we make no claim about what any certificate or parcel is worth.

Arkansas tax delinquent property questions

Where can I find a list of tax delinquent properties for sale in Arkansas?

Each Arkansas county publishes its own list before the sale, usually on the treasurer, tax collector or revenue commissioner site or through its auction platform. TaxLienSimple collects those county lists into one place: 11,588 parcels across 74 counties right now, each linked to the county's official listing.

Can I buy a property with delinquent taxes in Arkansas?

Arkansas runs tax deed public auction and post-auction sales. Parcels are certified to the Commissioner of State Lands after ~2 years delinquent, then sold at public auction for at least taxes+penalties+interest+costs; the winner gets a Limited Warranty Deed if not redeemed within 10 business days. Redemption: none post-sale except a 10-business-day window after the auction (owner may redeem any time up to the sale). Investor return: none, deed sold outright to the highest bidder (no investor interest earned).

What is the lowest opening bid on the Arkansas list?

The lowest opening bid on the current Arkansas list is $57. Opening bids are the county's figure (taxes, interest and costs owed), not the property's value.

When is the next tax sale in Arkansas?

No Arkansas county has a confirmed upcoming date in our data at the moment; the county pages update when a date is posted.