San Bernardino County, CA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the San Bernardino County, CA tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. California sells the deed itself, so no statutory investor interest rate applies. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Jul 27, 2026.
How tax deed sales work in San Bernardino County, seat of San Bernardino: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how California tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Roughly once a year, in late spring or summer, as a multi-day online auction.
- Format
- County site
- County office
- (909) 387-8308
On this page
How San Bernardino County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector (Tax Collector Division, Tax Deed Department)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Roughly once a year, in late spring or summer, as a multi-day online auction.
- Sale list
- Auction schedule and parcel list
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Create a user ID and password at https://sbcounty.mytaxsale.com/user/register (an existing LienHub or DeedAuction login also works), then post a bid deposit before bidding. The Terms and Conditions require a $5,000.00 bid deposit plus a $40.00 non-refundable bid deposit processing fee from every bidder, paid by ACH at least five business days before the sale opens. For the 2026 sale, Grant Street Group accepted deposits starting 9:00 a.m. Pacific on June 10, 2026, and all deposits had to be received by 5:00 p.m. Pacific on July 2, 2026.
Sale format and venue
San Bernardino County tax sale list and auction calendar
For San Bernardino County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Use Auction schedule and parcel list for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Roughly once a year, in late spring or summer, as a multi-day online auction. Bidding runs on County site; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use San Bernardino County Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector (Tax Collector Division, Tax Deed Department) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in San Bernardino County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Auction schedule and parcel list. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Create a user ID and password at https://sbcounty.mytaxsale.com/user/register (an existing LienHub or DeedAuction login also works), then post a bid deposit before bidding. The Terms and Conditions require a $5,000.00 bid deposit plus a $40.00 non-refundable bid deposit processing fee from every bidder, paid by ACH at least five business days before the sale opens. For the 2026 sale, Grant Street Group accepted deposits starting 9:00 a.m. Pacific on June 10, 2026, and all deposits had to be received by 5:00 p.m. Pacific on July 2, 2026.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the California due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in California before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
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County offices
County notes
- The auction site's Contact Us page names the county contact for parcel-specific and tax deed sale questions as the Auditor-Controller/Treasurer/Tax Collector Tax Deed Department, (909) 387-8308, taxsalemail@sbcountyatc.gov (source: mytaxsale-contact).
- Website support for the bidding platform is Grant Street Group customer support at (877) 274-9320 or deedauction@grantstreet.com (source: mytaxsale-contact).
- The county publishes the statutory sale notices on its Legal Publications page. Tax Sale 376 notices ran in The Sun on 5-22-26, 5-29-26 and 6-5-26, which is a useful lead indicator for the sale date (source: atc-legal-pubs).
- The auction site posts a "List of Parcels No Longer Eligible for this Tax Sale" (redeemed or pulled parcels). Check it before bidding; the 2026 sale canceled 55 of 1,614 advertised parcels (source: mytaxsale-home).
- Deposits are ACH only and are refunded to unsuccessful bidders within ten business days of the auction closing (source: atc-terms).
- The county's tax sale pages are a JavaScript application. Page content was read from the county's own content API behind those URLs; the URLs themselves load and are the canonical public pages.
California rules
- Redemption
- Tax-defaulted property may be redeemed until the right of redemption is terminated (section 4101). That right terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the commencement date of the tax sale, and the start of the auction counts as the sale date no matter when bidding closes. A redemption payment sent by mail must be received in the tax collector's office before that deadline. California has no post-sale redemption period: once the auction opens, a record owner who has not redeemed loses all legal and equitable interest in the property. Two situations revive the right of redemption. The right revives if the property is not sold, and it revives on the next business day if the tax collector approved a credit sale and the buyer did not pay in full by the deadline the tax collector set.
- Deed deposit
- The tax collector may require a deposit and must give public notice before the sale of its amount, payment method, and due date, and of whether it is a condition of bidding or applies toward the purchase price. On a sale the tax collector approves as a deferred-payment transaction, the deposit may be $5,000 or 10 percent of the minimum bid price, whichever is greater. Counties set the specific figure, so confirm it on the county page or auction platform.
- Surplus proceeds
- Sale proceeds first cover statutory distributions, then taxes, assessments, and county costs. Anything left is excess proceeds held in the delinquent tax sale trust fund. A party of interest may file a claim at any time before one year after the tax collector's deed to the purchaser is recorded. Distribution runs first to lienholders of record before the tax deed was recorded, in order of their priority, then to persons with title of record. Excess proceeds not claimed within that year may be transferred to the county general fund.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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