Marion County, Oregon

Sep 15, 2026 · in 3 days

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

Opening bids

$119,107

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Tax foreclosure and county conveyance clear many private liens when properly completed; federal liens and easements can survive. HB 4056 surplus-proceeds rules apply.

Marion County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None once the county forecloses (3-year delinquency threshold before that)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Oregon Revised Statutes Ch. 312
Population: 352,867 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: Public auction when scheduled; private/sealed bid for residuals and adjacent owners
Frequency: As Board-approved inventory is ready (not monthly); register on interest list
Platform: Marion County Finance — Tax Foreclosed Property Auctions
Deposit rules: Per auction packet when scheduled (Procedure 809-A). Contact Foreclosed Property Coordinator John Carlson (503-373-4364) or hotline 503-566-3942. Expect certified funds and Board award process similar to other OR counties. Separate mortgage foreclosures via oregonsheriffssales.org.

Title risk

Often recommended before resale/insurance on tax-title purchases.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Marion County Assessment & Taxation — Tax Foreclosure503-588-5215
Clerk of court: Marion County Clerk / Recording
Property appraiser: Marion County Assessment & Taxation property search
GIS / parcel map: Marion County GIS / property maps

Areas trending up

Salem downtown / Capitol Mall edge — State government employment supporting steady multifamily and workforce demand
Keizer / River Road corridor — Suburban owner demand with relative value versus west Salem hills
South Salem / Commercial St SE — Retail and medical adjacency with deeper inventory liquidity than rural Marion

Notes

Oregon tax-foreclosure county. Marion Assessment & Taxation begins foreclosure when oldest unpaid tax year is 3+ years delinquent; after judgment, 2-year redemption period then deed to county. Finance / Property Management sells tax-foreclosed and surplus real property by public auction to the general public (also private/sealed bid for adjacent owners and unsolds). Mid-2026: no auction or sealed-bid sales posted — join Interest List for email notice when Board of Commissioners approves a sale. Policy 809 governs excess tax-foreclosed property sales. Salem–Keizer metro (state capital).

4 sources

Inherited from Oregon rather than researched for Marion: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Download PropStream list (4 parcels, CSV)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
063W23DB04600	1163 Lent Ct Ne · Keizer	$49,715	$375,630	$325,915	pending
081W34DD00300	545 Se Arbor Ct · Sublimity	$33,190	$333,900	$300,710	pending
073W11AA00701	1625 SHADY LN NE · KEIZER	$11,365	—	—	pending
061W33A 00900

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Oregon has no statutory assessment ratio. Measure 50 (Or. Const. art. XI, § 11) set each property's maximum assessed value at 90% of its 1995-96 real market value and caps growth at 3% a year, so assessed value is the lesser of MAV and real market value and drifts below market over time. 0.536 is the statewide ratio of assessed value to real market value the Department of Revenue reports for FY 2025-26, up from 0.526 in FY 2024-25. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.