Lyon County, Nevada

Tax Deed63,718 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

None once county trustee's deed issues (2-year delinquency threshold before that)

Investor returnstate default

N/A — outright deed transfer

Governing statutestate default

Nevada Revised Statutes Ch. 361

Notes

Nevada tax-deed county (not a lien certificate sale). Lyon County Treasurer and Ex-Officio Tax Receiver offers properties with delinquent taxes at public auction every odd year online via Bid4Assets (bid4assets.com/lyon). June 17, 2025 auction closed; next Tax Receiver auction scheduled June 2027. Minimum bid plus recording fees, real property transfer tax, and a 10% buyer premium. Property becomes tax-deeded to the Treasurer as trustee after ~2 years from lien filing if unredeemed (NRS 361 path). Dayton / Fernley / Yerington / US-50 & I-80 fringe market — Reno-Sparks spillover and rural desert land mix.

Auction logistics

Format

Online (Bid4Assets)

Frequency

Every odd year in June (2025 held; next June 2027)

Platform

Bid4Assets — Lyon County NV Tax Defaulted Properties Auction ↗

Deposit rules

Single $500 deposit (plus non-refundable processing fee historically ~$35) required to participate per Bid4Assets Lyon storefront. Winning bidder pays minimum bid + recording + transfer tax + 10% buyer premium per Terms of Sale. Confirm current deposit and settlement deadlines on Bid4Assets before funding. Sold AS IS after tax deed path.

Title risk

Liens that survive the sale

County tax deed sales typically cut off most private liens that attached before the tax deed, subject to federal liens and sale-specific exceptions. Nevada does not sell retail tax lien certificates at this auction. 2-year protest/challenge considerations may apply — verify current NRS and deed terms.

Quiet title

Title companies often require quiet title or extended seasoning before insuring Nevada tax-deed property.

Deal maths for Nevada

Assessment ratio: 0.35× of market value
Typical quiet title: $1,800–$5,000 · 5 mo
Recording and transfer: $250

NRS 361.225 fixes the assessment ratio at 35% of taxable value for all property. NRS 361.227 determines taxable value as the full cash value of the land plus the replacement cost of improvements less depreciation, where depreciation runs at 1.5% of replacement cost for each year of adjusted actual age up to a maximum of 50 years.

Offices and records

Tax collector

Lyon County Clerk-Treasurer — Tax Sale Information ↗

Clerk of court

Lyon County Clerk-Treasurer / Recorder ↗

Property appraiser

Lyon County Assessor ↗

GIS / parcel map

Lyon County Assessor / GIS parcel resources ↗

Areas trending up

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

Fernley / I-80 logistics edge

Warehouse and Reno-commute growth with stronger SF absorption than pure rural tracts

Dayton / US-50 west corridor

Carson City–Reno spillover residential demand

Yerington / Smith Valley

County-seat and agricultural employment; entry-priced SF and land