Massac County, IL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Massac County, IL tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Illinois sells tax lien certificates paying up to 9%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 30, 2026.
How tax lien and tax deed sales work in Massac County, seat of Metropolis: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Illinois tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction.
- County office
- 618-524-5121
On this page
How Massac County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Massac County Treasurer's Department (Sarah Bremer, County Treasurer, serving as ex officio County Collector)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Massac County publishes no annual tax sale date online.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration packet, deposit schedule, or bidding method is published for Massac County. Register for the annual tax sale directly with the Treasurer's Department at 618-524-5121 or treasurer@massaccountyil.gov. For the county trustee's separate sealed bid auction, Joseph E. Meyer & Associates makes a catalog available about 30 days before the sale and takes bids through an ILTaxSaleBids account, which requires a new user registration with email and password.
Sale format and venue
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Sheriff or a court-appointed private selling officer, under an order of the circuit court. A county acting as trustee runs its own tax deed auctions.
- Frequency
- as ordered by the circuit court
- Typical timing
- Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Terms of a judicial tax deed auction, including whether it runs online, in person, or both, and what deposit is required, are set in the court's order and published in the notice of tax deed auction. That notice runs once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, starting no more than 45 days and ending no less than 7 days before the auction. Read the notice for each parcel; there is no statewide platform or standing bidder registration.
Sale format and venue
Massac County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Massac 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 Massac County trustee auction listing (Joseph E. Meyer & Associates) 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
Within 120 days after the court order authorizing the auction. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Sheriff or a court-appointed private selling officer, under an order of the circuit court. A county acting as trustee runs its own tax deed auctions. as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Massac County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Massac County trustee auction listing (Joseph E. Meyer & Associates). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Terms of a judicial tax deed auction, including whether it runs online, in person, or both, and what deposit is required, are set in the court's order and published in the notice of tax deed auction. That notice runs once a week for 3 consecutive weeks, starting no more than 45 days and ending no less than 7 days before the auction. Read the notice for each parcel; there is no statewide platform or standing bidder registration.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Illinois 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 Illinois 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.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold liens and deeds
Certificates nobody bids on at the annual sale are forfeited to the county as trustee for the taxing districts. The county may then assign a forfeited certificate to any party or sell property it has acquired, which many counties handle through a delinquent tax agent rather than a public counter. Counties may also offer county-held certificates at a scavenger sale with a minimum bid of $250, or half the tax when total liability is under $500. Ask the county collector and the county clerk which program the county runs and who may buy.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Illinois calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Sarah Bremer is County Treasurer. Kassy Medley is Chief Deputy Clerk. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, closed 12:00 to 1:00 PM for lunch. Fax is 618-524-1104 and email is treasurer@massaccountyil.gov.
- The Treasurer's Department collects current year taxes only. Its FAQ says past taxes are taken care of in the County Clerk's office, so redemption questions go to County Clerk Hailey Miles at 618-524-5213, 1 Superman Square, Metropolis, IL 62960.
- Current billing dates from the Treasurer's page: bills mailed June 26, 2026, first installment due August 12, 2026, second installment and mobile home taxes due September 22, 2026. The annual sale window hangs off the second installment, not a fixed month.
- Neither the Treasurer's page nor the County Clerk's page posts a tax sale notice, bidder registration form, or delinquent parcel list. Payment links go to propertytaxonline.org and govtechtaxpro.com, which are current bill lookup and payment tools, not sale lists.
- Joseph E. Meyer & Associates, the Illinois county trustee, lists a Massac County sealed bid real estate auction on November 13, 2026 at the Massac County Courthouse with a minimum bid of $843 and a catalog about 30 days ahead. Prior sales ran October 27, 2023, November 1, 2024 and October 31, 2025, and results for each are posted free. This is the trustee's disposal of tax deeded parcels, a step after the collector's annual sale.
- Massac County is not listed among the counties announced as using R.A.M.S., the Real-Time Auction Management System used for automated tax sales in many downstate Illinois counties, so no online annual sale platform is confirmed for this county.
Illinois rules
- Redemption
- Property sold at an Illinois tax sale may be redeemed at any time before the redemption period expires. Public Act 104-0553 set the standard period at 3 years from the date of sale for tax certificates issued on or after July 10, 2026. Certificates issued between January 1, 2024 and July 9, 2026 run on the earlier 2.5 year (30 month) track, and on that track the certificate holder could file a written notice with the county clerk extending redemption to a date no later than 3 years from the sale. A short 1 year period applies when the parcel was, on the date of sale, vacant non-farm property, commercial or industrial property, or improved with a structure holding 7 or more residential units. Certificates the county holds or assigns as trustee run on their own schedule under Section 21-385, and an assignee must file notice within 60 days of assignment setting a redemption deadline no later than 3 years from the assignment.
- Deed deposit
- Illinois does not fix a statutory deposit percentage. Deposit and payment terms are set in the court's order authorizing the auction and by the selling officer, so read the notice of tax deed auction for each sale. A purchaser who fails to complete the sale forfeits any deposit already made to the county surplus equity fund, and the court orders a new auction of the property.
- Surplus proceeds
- Any amount by which the winning bid exceeds the minimum bid is surplus. Within 30 days after the court confirms the sale the selling officer deposits the surplus with the county treasurer, who notifies everyone who received the Section 22-10 take notice that the owner at the time of the sale may file a claim for it. A county running its own tax deed auction deposits surplus with the treasurer within 30 days of the sale and notifies interested parties within 60 days. Separately, a previous owner who lost equity through a tax deed can claim an award from the county surplus equity fund, capped at the value of the property when the deed issued less mortgages, liens, and the taxes the purchaser paid.
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 30, 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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