San Bernardino County, California

Tax Deed2,214,281 residents

County research last verified 2026-07. Office holders, platforms, and deposit rules change — re-confirm anything time-sensitive.

Sale typestate default

Tax Deed

Redemption periodstate default

Up until 5pm the last business day before the sale (5-year delinquency threshold)

Investor returnstate default

N/A — outright deed transfer

Governing statutestate default

California Revenue & Taxation Code, Div. 1, Pt. 6

Notes

Tax-deed auction run online by Grant Street Group at sbcounty.mytaxsale.com (not Bid4Assets). July 11–17, 2026 sale of 1,600+ tax-defaulted parcels announced by the ATC. Older sbcounty.gov/arc/taxcollector/sbtaxsale URLs return errors — use sbcountyatc.gov / MyTaxSale.

Auction logistics

Format

Online

Frequency

Typically annual summer sale (e.g. July 11–17, 2026)

Platform

MyTaxSale (Grant Street) — San Bernardino County ↗

Deposit rules

Per published terms for the July 2026 sale: $5,000 bid deposit + $40 non-refundable processing fee to Grant Street Group, due no later than 5:00 p.m. PT July 2, 2026 (deposits open June 10, 2026). Balance due within 5 business days of auction close. Unsuccessful deposits refunded within ~10 business days.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

A California tax deed conveys free of most liens existing before the sale, but federal tax liens survive (the IRS keeps a 120-day post-sale redemption right), as do taxes/assessments that become payable after the sale.

Quiet title

Not a statutory prerequisite, but practically required — most title insurers in California won't insure a tax-deed property without a completed quiet title action (commonly 3-6 months, $3,000-$8,000+ in legal fees), and many won't insure until a year after the deed is recorded.

Deal maths for California

Assessment ratio: 1× of market value
Typical quiet title: $3,000–$7,000 · 9 mo
Recording and transfer: $250

Cal. Rev. & Tax. Code § 401: property is assessed at full cash value, so the statutory ratio is 1.0.

Offices and records

Tax collector

San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector — Tax Sale ↗

909-382-3226

Clerk of court

San Bernardino County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk (official records) ↗

Property appraiser

San Bernardino County Assessor — Property Information / govPIMS ↗

GIS / parcel map

San Bernardino Assessor Parcel Access / govPIMS ↗

Areas trending up

Directional read from dated market analysis — not a guarantee, and not a substitute for your own comps.

Ontario

Logistics/warehouse job hub for the western IE; among CA cities repeatedly cited for 2025–2026 population and employment growth (DOF/media boomtown lists)

Fontana

Large, active western-IE housing market with industrial employment spillover from the I-10/I-15 logistics corridor

Rancho Cucamonga

Western IE residential demand and relative liquidity vs. High Desert; stronger appreciation profile in 2026 IE market updates