Public Auction of Tax Defaulted Properties
2020 Public Auction—In light of the COVID-19 public health crisis and shelter-in-place orders in effect in Santa Clara County, the sale scheduled for October 30, 2020 through November 2, 2020 has been CANCELLED.
The County of Santa Clara Department of Tax and Collections’ next online Public Auction will be tentatively set for October 29, 2021 to November 1, 2021 through Bid4Assets.com. The Auction list will be available in September 2021.
The Department of Tax and Collections does not maintain a tax sale notification mailing list.
If you have any questions, please send an email to: [email protected].
Please allow 3 business days for a response.
Auction Results
- January 2020 Re-Offer Auction List
- October 2019 Auction Results
- County's Terms of Sale
- California Revenue & Taxation Code 3712 (list of encumbrances not removed by tax sale)
Prior Auction Results—Closed
- October 2017 Auction Results
- October 2015 Auction Results
- January 2015 Auction Results
- January 2015 Sealed Bid Sale Results
Additional Publication Links
June and September Publications
- September 2019 Publication - Notice of Tax Defaulted (Delinquent)
- June 2019 Publication - Notice of Impending Power to Sell
- September 2018 Publication - Notice of Tax Defaulted (Delinquent)
- June 2018 Publication – Notice of Impending Power to Sell
Chapter 8 Agreement Sale and Public Auction Sales
- Chapter 8 Agreement Sale - SCVWD (December 2018)
- Chapter 8 Agreement Sale - City of Saratoga (August 2018)