Sierra County, New Mexico

Aug 25, 2026 · 18 days ago· 10:00 AM

Tax Deedscheduledvia In person

Parcels

Opening bids

$12,200

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

NM caveats

THE DEED IS SUBJECT TO EARLIER PERFECTED INTERESTS. § 7-38-70 conveys the former owner's interest as of the date the tax lien arose, 'subject only to perfected interests in the real property existing before' that date. A mortgage or judgment perfected before the lien arose survives the sale. Establish the lien date and search back from it before treating survivingLiens as zero.
TWO YEARS OF CHALLENGE RISK THAT PAYS NOTHING. The former owner, or anyone claiming through them, is barred from challenging the conveyance only after two years from the date of sale. That is a defect window rather than a redemption — no penalty accrues to the purchaser for waiting it out, so it is pure carry.
THE STATE SELLS, NOT THE COUNTY. Sales are conducted by the Property Tax Division of the Taxation and Revenue Department under § 7-38-65, which may sell at any time after three years from the first delinquency date. Procedure, notice and catalogue are the Division's, not each county's.
Residential valuations are capped at 3% growth a year (§ 7-36-21.2) and the cap lifts on a change of ownership, so assessed value understates market on long-held homes and tracks it on recently transferred ones. Two parcels of identical worth can carry very different assessments.
quietTitle costs here are a placeholder and have not been reviewed by the operator. Do not rely on a computed New Mexico max bid until they are set.

Sierra County rulesstate defaults

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None once the state Property Tax Division auctions the property (3-year delinquency threshold)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: New Mexico Statutes Ch. 7, Art. 38
Population: 11,389 residents

Notes

State-run (not county) auction through the Property Tax Division.

Inherited from New Mexico rather than researched for Sierra: type, redemption, returns, statute, notes.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
3022078522375	—	$200	—	—	pending
3024079484375	—	$400	—	—	withdrawn
3022077317528	—	$900	—	—	withdrawn
3028081409032	—

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — NMSA 1978, § 7-37-3: taxable value is one third (33⅓%) of the net taxable value of the property. New Mexico applies this uniformly statewide rather than by class or county. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.

Parcel

Address

Opening bid

Assessed

Spread

Status

3022078522375

—

$200

—

pending

3024079484375

—

$400

—

withdrawn

3022077317528

—

$900

—

withdrawn

3028081409032

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