Yamhill County, Oregon

Oct 15, 2026 · in 14 days

Tax Deedscheduledvia County site

Parcels

15 land-only hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

None

clear title at sale

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Foreclosure judgment and subsequent deed generally cut off most private liens; federal liens can survive. Verify special assessments and access/easements.

Yamhill County rules

Sale type: Tax Deed
Redemption period: None once the county forecloses (3-year delinquency threshold before that)
Investor return: N/A — outright deed transfer
Governing statute: Oregon Revised Statutes Ch. 312
Population: 110,886 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person
Frequency: As noticed (2026 documented auction Aug 28); no fixed annual calendar — lists posted ≥30 days ahead
Platform: Yamhill County Sheriff / Tax-Foreclosed Property public auction (Courthouse)
Deposit rules: Cash sale to highest bidder per Board Order / auction notice. Confirm registration, minimum bid schedule, and payment method on the August 2026 auction list and Terms before sale day. Research buildability — non-buildable low-value parcels may use private sale path.

Title risk

Sometimes still requested by title companies depending on parcel history — common after Oregon tax foreclosure for residential resale.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Yamhill County Assessment & Taxation / Tax-Foreclosed Property
Clerk of court: Yamhill County Clerk (recording)
Property appraiser: Yamhill County Assessor — parcel / assessment data
GIS / parcel map: Yamhill County GIS / Assessor mapping

Areas trending up

McMinnville / downtown and hospital edge — County-seat medical and wine-industry employment supporting SF demand
Newberg / Dundee wine country corridor — Portland metro adjacency and tourism supporting relatively strong absorption
Sheridan / Willamina west-valley fringe — More attainable inventory with industrial and agricultural employment

Notes

Oregon tax-deed county under ORS Ch. 312. Yamhill County sells tax-foreclosed surplus real property by public auction (or private sale if non-buildable and under $15K). Documented 2026 auction: Friday, August 28, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., Yamhill County Courthouse, 535 NE 5th St, Room 32, McMinnville — Sheriff sells county interest for cash; minimum bids posted (some from $100). Auction list on Available Properties page; notifications published ≥30 days prior. No set season for all sales — monitor yamhillcounty.gov Tax-Foreclosed Property pages. Cash to highest bidder per Board Order terms.

3 sources

Inherited from Oregon rather than researched for Yamhill: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

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Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 15 land-only. Land-only means no street address, a house number of zero, or a street with no number; withdrawn parcels are no longer on offer.

Spread is not profit.It compares the opening bid to the county's assessed value, which is not market value — Oregon has no statutory assessment ratio. Measure 50 (Or. Const. art. XI, § 11) set each property's maximum assessed value at 90% of its 1995-96 real market value and caps growth at 3% a year, so assessed value is the lesser of MAV and real market value and drifts below market over time. 0.536 is the statewide ratio of assessed value to real market value the Department of Revenue reports for FY 2025-26, up from 0.526 in FY 2024-25. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.