Cole County, Missouri

Aug 24, 2026 · 19 days ago· 10:00 AM

Tax Lienscheduledvia In person

Parcels

announced by the county — list not yet fetched

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

365 days

10% flat penalty

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

As announced by the county

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

Held at

North Courthouse door, 301 East High Street, Jefferson City 65102

Venue: Live
Bidding: Bid Up or Premium
Sale runs: Same day
Total offered: $644,453

Collector: Larry Vincent
Phone: 573.634.9124
Email: lvincent@colecounty.org
Fax: 573.634.9060

Registration and terms

You must be a Missouri resident to participate in the sale. You must also sign an affidavit that you do not have any delinquent taxes. No one can bid for you on your behalf. You will need to arrive a half hour early to pre-register.

What survives this sale

Certificate stage is a lien interest only — liens are not extinguished at sale or during redemption. Collector’s deed process after redemption may cut off most junior private liens; federal and some governmental liens can survive.

Cole County rules

Sale type: Tax Lien
Redemption period: 1 year (2 years for some parcels) from sale
Investor return: 10% per annum plus 8% on subsequent taxes paid
Governing statute: Missouri Revised Statutes Ch. 140
Population: 77,625 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person public auction
Frequency: Annually fourth Monday in August, 10:00 a.m. (Courthouse)
Platform: Cole County Collector — Delinquent Tax Certificate Sale (Courthouse)
Deposit rules: Must be present to bid. Successful bidder pays total purchase price immediately at close of sale (cashier’s check, bank draft, cash, money order; personal checks also accepted per county page). Failure to pay may trigger 25% penalty plus prosecutor fee. Sign non-delinquency affidavit. Non-residents: arrange with Collector before sale. Certificate retained ~1 year or until redemption.

Title risk

Petition for collector’s deed is required; quiet title is often still used to strengthen insurable title on capital-region inventory.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

No parcels published yet

The county has announced 34 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 24, 2026.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — RSMo 137.115(5)(1) assesses real property by subclass as a percentage of true value in money: residential 19%, agricultural and horticultural 12%, and utility, industrial, commercial and all other 32%. This entry uses the residential 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.

Held at

North Courthouse door, 301 East High Street, Jefferson City 65102

Venue

Live

Bidding

Bid Up or Premium

Sale runs

Same day

Total offered

$644,453

Collector

Larry Vincent

Phone

573.634.9124

lvincent@colecounty.org

Fax

573.634.9060

Registration and terms

Cole County, Missouri

As announced by the county

Auction logistics

Title risk

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Cole County, Missouri

As announced by the county

Auction logistics

Title risk

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Offices and records

Areas trending up

Notes