Florida 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 Florida the county can then sell it at a tax sale.

9,546 tax delinquent properties are on Florida county lists right now, with another 2,161 from sales that have already been held (see the past sales view), across 46 counties, 37 of them with a sale date published. In Florida the county calls this the tax deed sales (you will also see tax certificate sale, county-held certificates). Every row below comes from the county's own published list; the parcel numbers, addresses and opening bids are the county's figures, last retrieved 2026-11-11.

Watch: researching a tax lien before you buy

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.

Read the transcript

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Risk flags come up before you buy: whether it's still available, liens that may survive, and a source that may be out of date.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
Santa Rosa2,595142026-12-07$45
Volusia1,914592026-11-17$56
Palm Beach97942026-11-18$48
Polk8392026-11-19$44
Duval126562not yet posted$48
Hillsborough1803192026-11-12$52
Miami-Dade306602026-12-01$83
Putnam1851322026-11-18$792
Sarasota23054not yet posted$56
Lee1621212026-11-17$1,278
Pasco232362026-12-03$61
Orange1321352026-11-19$66
Leon15292not yet posted$26
Alachua2402026-12-01$46
Escambia112802026-12-02$77
Highlands119692026-11-18$1,058
Marion18612026-11-18$2,098
Citrus77472026-12-16$86
Broward45692026-11-23$98
Hernando80262026-12-09$41
Lake84102026-11-17$60
Pinellas75172026-11-18$2,443
Walton8422026-11-16$83
Brevard55292026-12-02$821
Bay25422026-11-17$271
Washington41252026-11-17$1,198
Osceola34252026-12-15$59
Seminole592026-11-12$68
Jackson34242026-11-17$1,460
St. Johns3792026-11-18$800
Indian River5322026-11-17$1,924
Hendry12202026-11-19$2,036
Clay13172026-11-18$1,307
Martin242026-12-16$214
St. Lucie164not yet posted$46
Nassau1062026-11-17$69
Manatee862026-12-01
Charlotte492026-12-02
Gilchrist122026-12-15$3,102
Flagler102026-11-17$52
Sumter6not yet posted$75
Monroe4not yet posted$192
Madison03not yet posted
Okeechobee22026-11-18
Okaloosa1not yet posted$101
Suwannee01not yet posted$2,886

The first 5 from the Florida list

The first 5 current parcels as published by the counties, no account needed. Owner of record, research scores, maps, filters, reports and CSV export are in the member research view.

AddressCountyOpening bidSale date
2511 SE 19TH AVE, Cape CoralLee$431,3642026-11-17
11230 SW 1 ST, PlantationBroward$418,1172026-11-23
4553 BOUGAINVILLA DR, Lauderdale By The SeaBroward$374,1902026-11-23
5089 THE OAKS CIR, OrlandoOrange$246,5172026-12-03
2511 3RD E PANAMA CITY 32401Bay$226,133

9,541 more Florida properties are on this list. Create a free account to open them in the research view.

How Florida sells tax delinquent property

Sale type
tax lien certificate then tax deed sale
Investor return
18%/yr max, bid down; 5% minimum mandatory penalty on redemption
Redemption period
2 years
Bidding method
bid-down interest
Typical sale season
certificate sales by June 1; deed auctions throughout year

Interest bid down from 18%; if earned interest is under 5% of face, a flat 5% penalty applies, so the effective floor is 5%.

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

Where Florida 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 11,707 parcels published for Florida. 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.

Florida tax delinquent property questions

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

Each Florida 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: 11,707 parcels across 46 counties right now, each linked to the county's official listing.

Can I buy a property with delinquent taxes in Florida?

Florida runs tax lien certificate then tax deed sales. Interest bid down from 18%; if earned interest is under 5% of face, a flat 5% penalty applies, so the effective floor is 5%. Redemption: 2 years. Investor return: 18%/yr max, bid down; 5% minimum mandatory penalty on redemption.

What is the lowest opening bid on the Florida list?

The lowest opening bid on the current Florida list is $26. Opening bids are the county's figure (taxes, interest and costs owed), not the property's value.

When is the next tax sale in Florida?

The next tracked sale is Hillsborough on 2026-11-12; 37 Florida counties have a sale date published.