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Bidder process

1. 01Register before the sale as specified in the notice; registration requires a valid driver's license number, expiration date, and issuing state, a photo identification, and yields a prenumbered bid card (26 CAR 400-201)
2. 02Confirm you are an eligible bidder: the Commissioner of State Lands and employees, the county collector and deputies, an individual or entity whose home of record is outside the United States, and a former owner or interested party may not bid or purchase, and prior nonpayment may bar bidding (26 CAR 400-202(b))
3. 03Bid at the tax-delinquent property auction, where bidders are physically assembled; parcels are offered in the order on the auction list and each sale is made to the highest bidder for not less than the minimum bid amount (26 CAR 400-103(22), 400-202(a), (c))
4. 04If a parcel does not sell at the in-person auction, the State may later offer it online through an unsold-property auction or a negotiated-price sale (26 CAR 400-103(24), (13))
5. 05Tender the full purchase price at the time of the sale by personal check, business check, certified funds, or credit or debit card; cash is not accepted (26 CAR 400-202(d)(2)-(3))
6. 06Receive a purchaser summary on payment; the limited warranty deed issues only on full payment, is recorded in the county, and is then forwarded to the purchaser (26 CAR 400-202(d)(6), 400-203)

Registration

Yes

Registration mode

in_person

Registration deadline

prior to the time of sale as specified in the notice (26 CAR 400-201(a))

Registration fee

Not documented

Deposit required

Not documented

Deposit amount

Not documented

Deposit percent

Not documented

Deposit refundable

Not documented

Sale format

hybrid

Payment deadline

the full purchase price must be tendered at the time of the sale; issuance of the limited warranty deed is contingent upon full payment (26 CAR 400-202(d)(2)(A), 400-203(a))

Payment methods

check, certified_funds, credit_card

Residency required

Not documented

• Registration requires a valid driver's license number, expiration date, and issuing state, and bidders must show photo identification (26 CAR 400-201(c)-(d))
• Registration issues a prenumbered bid card; no bids are accepted without it (26 CAR 400-201(b))
• Earnest money is the first one-hundred-dollar payment tendered as part of an online auction sale (26 CAR 400-103(7))
• An individual or entity whose home of record is outside the United States may not bid or purchase parcels through a tax auction, directly or indirectly (26 CAR 400-202(b)(1)(C))
• The Commissioner of State Lands and his or her employees, and the county collector or the collector's deputy, may not bid or purchase (26 CAR 400-202(b)(1)(A)-(B))
• A former owner or interested party may not bid or purchase (26 CAR 400-202(b)(1)(D))
• Persons or entities that won previous auctions and did not pay, or paid with a dishonored instrument, may be prohibited from bidding (26 CAR 400-202(b)(2))