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Pearl River County, Mississippi

Tax Lien59,030 residents

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

Sale typestate default

Tax Lien

Redemption periodstate default

2 years from sale

Investor returnstate default

1.5% per month (18%/yr) plus fees

Governing statutestate default

Mississippi Code Title 27, Ch. 41–45

Notes

Mississippi tax-lien county. Pearl River County (Poplarville / Picayune / New Orleans north fringe) holds the annual tax lien sale online on GovEase beginning the last Monday of August each year, running until all delinquent parcels sell (typically 5–7 days). Online registration opens the first week of August. After sale, owner has two years to redeem through the Chancery Clerk at 1.5% per month interest on the initial lien amount (overbid excluded from redemption principal). End of sale: Tax Collector turns process to Chancery Clerk. Training docs on GovEase MS help site.

Auction logistics

Format

Online (tax lien certificate auction)

Frequency

Annually — last Monday of August, multi-day until parcels clear; registration first week of August

Deposit rules

Register on GovEase before the sale; complete MS tax-auction training as recommended. Payment methods listed by county include cash, cashier's check, check, money order, and major cards (cards incur separate ~3% convenience fee not paid by the county). Confirm max-bid funding and settlement rules with GovEase and the Tax Collector before August.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale
After the tax deed matures post-redemption, most private liens are cut off; federal liens can survive. Title is frequently litigated in Mississippi — verify notice quality.
Quiet title
Very commonly required in Mississippi for marketable/insurable tax title before resale.

Deal maths for Mississippi

Assessment ratio
0.15× of market value
Typical quiet title
$1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer
$250

Miss. Const. art. 4, § 112: Class I, single-family owner-occupied residential, is assessed at 10% of true value; Class II, all other real property, at 15%; Class III at 15% and Class IV public utility property at 30%. This entry uses the Class II rate.

Offices and records

Areas trending up

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

Picayune city / I-59 commercial edge

New Orleans metro north spillover and retail employment with more liquid SF

Poplarville / county-seat fringe

Government and community-college employment with steadier small-town inventory

Carriere / north county suburban fringe

Entry-priced acreage and SF with Stennis/Slidell commute patterns

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