Craighead County, Arkansas

Aug 18, 2026 · 25 days ago· 10:00

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

Opening bids

$139,329

all parcels priced

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$3K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Limited warranty tax deed; municipal/improvement-district liens often survive; notice defects create challenge risk. Federal liens and access require full county research.

Craighead County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None after the sale — the owner's right ends at 4:00 p.m. the last business day before it (A.C.A. § 26-37-202)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Arkansas Code Title 26, Ch. 37 (§§ 26-37-202 sale and conveyance, 26-37-203 contest window)
Population: 115,852 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person (COSL); online post-auction (auction.cosl.org)
Frequency: Annual COSL public auction (Craighead 8/6/2025 on cosl.org schedule; confirm current year). Unsold parcels → auction.cosl.org after ~30 days.
Platform: Arkansas Commissioner of State Lands — Real Estate Auctions
Deposit rules: COSL Buyers Guide payment rules: no cash at live auction; check, card, cashier’s check, or money order. Online post-auction $100 card charge + balance within 10 days. Minimum bid = taxes due through sale date.

Title risk

Standard path to marketable title after COSL deed; include legal cost in acquisition underwriting.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Craighead County Tax Collector’s Office (certifies to COSL) / COSL501-324-9422
Clerk of court: Craighead County Circuit Clerk
Property appraiser: Craighead County Assessor / parcel records
GIS / parcel map: Craighead County GIS / assessor map resources

Areas trending up

Jonesboro / A-State and medical corridor — University and regional healthcare employment supporting rental absorption
Southwest Jonesboro / Southwest Drive edge — Retail and suburban SF demand with stronger liquidity than rural tracts
Brookland / north Craighead fringe — Relative affordability and residential growth along US-49

Notes

Arkansas COSL tax-deed county (Jonesboro region). Craighead County Tax Collector certifies delinquencies to the Commissioner of State Lands; COSL runs the public auction (Craighead listed 8/6/2025 with Mississippi/Poinsett grouping) and online post-auction sales. Limited warranty deed; quiet title is the investor norm for marketable title.

5 sources

Inherited from Arkansas rather than researched for Craighead: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Download PropStream list (37 parcels, CSV)

Parcel	Address	Opening bid	Assessed	Spread	Status
01-144271-00800	4932 E NETTLETON AVE · JONESBORO	$8,582	$38,264	$29,682	pending
01-144074-10300	600 N CHURCH ST · JONESBORO	$7,283	$36,315	$29,032	pending
01-144161-04200	204 N HUNTER LN · JONESBORO	$7,396	$31,572	$24,176	pending
01-143244-07200

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Arkansas assesses real property at 20% of true, actual or market value (A.C.A. § 26-26-303(c)); § 26-26-304 fails a county whose ratio study falls outside 18–22% of full fair market value. Measured across 1,669 Arkansas parcels carrying both figures, assessed/market was exactly 0.2000 on every one. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.