Pontotoc County, Mississippi

Aug 31, 2026 · 12 days ago· 08:30 AM

Tax Lienscheduledvia GovEase

Parcels

1,658

announced by the county — list not yet fetched

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

730 days

18% flat penalty

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Venue: Online
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Until complete
Total offered: $1,014,347
Bidding site: www.govease.com

Collector: Van Mcwhirter
Phone: 662.489.3903
Email: vmcwhirter@pontotoccoms.com
Fax: 662.489.3917

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.

MS caveats

A COUNTY CLERK'S MISTAKE VOIDS THE SALE, AND THE CLERK IS NOT LIABLE. § 27-43-3 requires the chancery clerk to notify the owner at least forty-five days before the redemption period expires, by personal service or service at the abode, by registered or certified mail, and by publication. Then: "Should the clerk inadvertently fail to send notice as prescribed in this section, then the sale shall be void and the clerk shall not be liable to the purchaser or owner upon refund of all purchase money paid." The purchase money comes back; the position, the two years of accrued interest and the deal do not, and nothing the investor does can prevent it. Mississippi tax sales are voided on this ground routinely.
THE OVERBID IS A DEAD LOSS AND EARNS NOTHING. Mississippi bids up from the face amount, and the 5% damages and 1.5% monthly interest under § 27-45-3 run on "all such taxes and costs" — not on the premium. If the owner redeems, § 27-41-77 keeps the excess with the county rather than returning it. So a bidder who pays a 40% premium has turned an 18% instrument into roughly 13% and forfeited the premium outright. The tier is the statutory rate on the face amount, not the yield on the money spent.
A FLAT 5% SITS ON TOP OF THE 18%. § 27-45-3 adds "five percent (5%) damages" on the amount of taxes, separately from the monthly interest. The tier holds one number and cannot carry both, so the 5% is not in the computed return.

Pontotoc County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Tax Lien
Redemption period: 2 years from sale
Investor return: 1.5% per month (18%/yr) plus fees
Governing statute: Mississippi Code Title 27, Ch. 41–45
Population: 32,014 residents

Notes

Chancery clerk runs the county sale; unredeemed liens convert to a deed to the purchaser.

Inherited from Mississippi rather than researched for Pontotoc: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

No parcels published yet

The county has announced 1,658 parcels for this sale, but the parcel list itself has not been fetched yet — so there is nothing to rank here. Counties often publish it only days before the sale. Check back closer to Aug 31, 2026.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — 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. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.

As announced by the county

Published sale details. The parcel list has not been fetched yet.

Venue

Online

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Until complete

Total offered

$1,014,347

Bidding site

www.govease.com

Registration and terms

Please see online auction website for registration details.