County Treasurer Offers New Bid Process

There is a new bid process that allows for Over-the-Counter (OTC) sale of unsold tax deeded parcels that were previously available for purchase at a Tax Deed Sale. The outcome of this process is that the individual is purchasing land, not a lien. This new OTC bid process will begin this September and end November 30th. Starting in 2025, this process will then be available annually between April 15th and November 30th.

This is how the bid offer process will work: After a bid (along with all signed documents and payment) has been received, if no higher bids are received by the last business day of the current month, the bid will be submitted to the Board of Supervisors at the second board meeting of the following month. If multiple bids are received for the same parcel in the same month, the highest bid will be submitted to the board. If multiple bids are received for the same parcel in the same month with the same bid amount, the first received bid will be submitted to the board.

Once a bid is received, the bid is final, and the bidder will not be contacted if a higher bid is received. Bids may be submitted by mail and are required to include all signed documents and full payment of the total bidder’s offer. The day the Clerk of the Board’s Office receives the mailed bid and begins processing, the bid will be used to determine the submitted date and time.

Payment must be made with certified funds (cashier’s check or money order) made payable to: Mohave County Treasurer. Cash may be accepted in person at the Mohave County Treasurer’s Office, but all signed documents must first be submitted to the Clerk of the Board’s Office. Upon receiving Board approval, a quit claim deed will then be recorded conveying ownership to the highest bidder with any remaining tax balance owed abated. If a bid is rejected by the board, is not the highest bid offered, or not the first bid received of matching bids, the payment received will be returned to the payor.

The final day to submit a bid is the last business day of November. After November 30th, any remaining parcels on the Over-the-Counter Tax Deed List that do not have a submitted bid will become available for sale at the next Tax Deed Sale. 

All information regarding the OTC process will be available on the Mohave County Clerk of the Board’s page. For those interested in acquiring tax deeded land through this process, the clerk’s website will be a tremendous resource where the entire bid offer process is explained. The list of available parcels can be viewed there and the documents required to be submitted along with the total bid offer will be available.