Franklin County, Missouri

Aug 24, 2026 · 39 days ago· 10:00:00

Tax Lienscheduledvia County site

Parcels

299

299 land-only, 202 withdrawn hidden

Opening bids

—

no parcel list yet

Redemption

365 days

10% flat penalty

Quiet title

$2K–$5K

typically required

What survives this sale

Certificate stage is a lien interest. Collector’s deed process after redemption may cut off most junior private liens; federal and some governmental liens can survive. Full title search before deed petition.

Franklin County rules

Sale type: Tax Lien
Redemption period: 1 year (2 years for some parcels) from sale
Investor return: 10% per annum plus 8% on subsequent taxes paid
Governing statute: Missouri Revised Statutes Ch. 140
Population: 107,256 residents
Checked: 2026-07

Auction logistics

Format: In-person public auction
Frequency: Annually fourth Monday in August, 10:00 AM (confirm 2026 date with Collector)
Platform: Franklin County Collector — annual tax sale (Government Center chambers)
Deposit rules: Register/attend per Collector instructions; payment typically cash or certified funds day of sale for Certificate of Purchase. Non-Missouri residents may need a resident agent under Chapter 140 practice — confirm Franklin rules. Review any pre-sale list and payment cutoffs with Collector before attending.

Title risk

Petition for collector’s deed is required; quiet title is often still used to strengthen insurable title on St. Louis-west inventory.

Offices and records

Tax collector: Franklin County Collector
Clerk of court: Franklin County Clerk / Recorder (land records)636-583-6355
Property appraiser: Franklin County Assessor — real estate search636-583-6346
GIS / parcel map: Franklin County GIS maps (CAMA Vision / county GIS)

Areas trending up

Washington / Missouri River industrial edge — Manufacturing and I-44 logistics employment with solid SF absorption
Union / county-seat core — Local government and service jobs with more attainable inventory than Pacific/Eureka
Pacific / Eureka St. Louis fringe — West-county commuter demand and school-driven buyer pool toward I-44

Notes

Missouri Chapter 140 tax certificate county. Franklin County Collector holds the annual tax sale fourth Monday in August (2025 sale held August 25, 2025) at 10:00 AM in second-floor commission chambers, Franklin County Government Center, Union. Properties with multi-year delinquencies go to sale under RSMo Ch. 140; purchaser receives Certificate of Purchase, then collector’s deed path after redemption/notice. County Collector page is light on logistics — confirm current bidder rules and 2026 date with Collector. St. Louis MSA west / I-44 corridor (Union, Washington, Pacific).

4 sources

Inherited from Missouri rather than researched for Franklin: type, redemption, returns, statute.

Parcels — ranked by assessed value over opening bid

Show 299 land-only parcel(s)

Nothing left to show

Every parcel in this sale is hidden: 299 land-only, 202 withdrawn. 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 — RSMo 137.115(5)(1) assesses real property by subclass as a percentage of true value in money: residential 19%, agricultural and horticultural 12%, and utility, industrial, commercial and all other 32%. This entry uses the residential rate. Open a parcel to run the full max-bid analysis, which accounts for the assessment ratio, surviving liens, quiet title, and holding costs.