Plymouth County, IA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Plymouth County, IA tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Iowa sells tax lien certificates paying up to 24%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 29, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Plymouth County, seat of Le Mars: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Iowa tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Iowa holds no tax deed auction.
- Registration
- No Plymouth County registration page or bidder packet was found on the county website.
- County office
- 712-546-7056
On this page
How Plymouth County sells delinquent taxes
From lien to deed
Iowa holds no separate tax deed auction. The county treasurer makes out a deed for each parcel sold and unredeemed immediately after 90 days have expired from the date of completed service of the notice of expiration of the right of redemption, once the holder returns the certificate of purchase and pays the deed and recording fees.
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Plymouth County Treasurer
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The Plymouth County Treasurer website publishes no sale date.
- Registration
- No Plymouth County registration page or bidder packet was found on the county website.
- Next expected
- on the third Monday in June, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No Plymouth County registration page or bidder packet was found on the county website. Under Iowa Code 446.16 the treasurer "may establish and collect a reasonable registration fee from each registered bidder at the tax sale," capped at the total costs of the sale. A bidder other than an individual must have a federal tax identification number plus either a designation of agent for service of process on file with the secretary of state or a verified statement under chapter 547 on file with the county recorder. Bidding runs on ownership percentage: the person who offers to pay the total amount due for the smallest percentage of the parcel is the purchaser, the floor is one percent, and equal low bids are settled by a random selection process. Call the Plymouth County Treasurer tax line at 712-546-7056 for the registration form, deadline, deposit, and sale venue.
Sale format and venue
Plymouth County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Plymouth 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.
Get the advertised list
A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.Register to bid
Sale day
Iowa holds no tax deed 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 County Treasurer as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Plymouth County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.Confirm registration and deposit
No Plymouth County registration page or bidder packet was found on the county website. Under Iowa Code 446.16 the treasurer "may establish and collect a reasonable registration fee from each registered bidder at the tax sale," capped at the total costs of the sale. A bidder other than an individual must have a federal tax identification number plus either a designation of agent for service of process on file with the secretary of state or a verified statement under chapter 547 on file with the county recorder. Bidding runs on ownership percentage: the person who offers to pay the total amount due for the smallest percentage of the parcel is the purchaser, the floor is one percent, and equal low bids are settled by a random selection process. Call the Plymouth County Treasurer tax line at 712-546-7056 for the registration form, deadline, deposit, and sale venue.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Iowa due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.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 certificates
Two routes reach parcels after the June sale. Parcels that remain unsold for want of bidders are carried to adjourned sales, which the treasurer sets at intervals of not more than two months until the next annual sale. Separately, certificates struck to the county at the public bidder sale may be assigned by the county for the total amount due on the date of assignment, or for a compromised amount, under a written agreement filed with the treasurer and a 10 dollar assignment transaction fee. Ask the county treasurer which county-held certificates are available for assignment.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Iowa calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Office contacts here are verified from the Plymouth County Treasurer page. The sale date, platform, registration process, and parcel list are not, because the county publishes none of them, so those fields fall back to Iowa Code chapter 446.
- Treasurer Shelly Sitzmann. Tax line 712-546-7056, tax and motor vehicle fax 712-546-4518, email treasurer@plymouthcountyiowa.gov. Tax department hours are 8:00 to 5:00 Monday through Friday.
- No Plymouth County auction appears on the Iowa Tax Auction Program platform and the county names no auction vendor, so no platform is confirmed for this county. Ask the treasurer whether the June sale runs online or in person at the courthouse, and ask where the delinquent parcel list is published.
Iowa rules
- Minimum return
- No statutory minimum return; what you earn is set by the share of ownership taken at the sale
- Redemption
- A parcel may be redeemed at any time before the right of redemption expires. After one year and nine months from the date of sale, the certificate holder may serve a notice of expiration of the right of redemption on the person in possession, the person in whose name the parcel is taxed, and every mortgagee, contract vendor, recorded lessor, and other party of record. The right of redemption then ends 90 days after that service is complete, which means the affidavit of service has been filed with the county treasurer. Three shortened tracks exist: nine months from a public bidder sale under section 446.18, and three months from an abandoned-property or public nuisance sale under section 446.19A or 446.19B. After the treasurer delivers the deed, redemption is possible only through an equitable action in district court, and only by a person who could have redeemed during the 90-day window.
- Surplus proceeds
- No surplus arises. The deed conveys the parcel to the certificate holder rather than selling it to the highest bidder, so there are no excess proceeds to distribute. Where the winning bid was less than 100 percent, the deed conveys only that undivided percentage interest in the parcel.
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 29, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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