Brevard County tax deed sales

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Brevard County (county seat Titusville) sells tax deeds online only, run by the Brevard County Clerk of Court and Comptroller on RealAuction, at brevard.realforeclose.com. Note the address: Brevard runs tax deed sales on its RealForeclose site, not a RealTaxDeed address.. Online sales as scheduled through the year, published as monthly auction lists by the Clerk.

Next sale on the calendar: Thursday, December 10, 2026. The last Brevard sale of 2026, per the calendar read.

TaxSalesFeed counted 45 upcoming Brevard tax deed sales on November 5, 2026, none of them inside 30 days, because the December sale carries the book.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Thursday, December 10, 2026
Sale pattern	Online sales as scheduled through the year, published as monthly auction lists by the Clerk.
Format	Online only
Platform	RealAuction, at brevard.realforeclose.com. Note the address: Brevard runs tax deed sales on its RealForeclose site, not a RealTaxDeed address.
Selling office	Brevard County Clerk of Court and Comptroller
The list	The Clerk publishes the sale list as monthly auction documents with case numbers, parcel numbers, sale dates and opening bids, and maintains the Lands Available for Taxes purchase instructions on the Clerk's tax deed pages.

Sources: TaxSalesFeed, Brevard County (data as of Nov 5, 2026). Brevard County sale terms summary (deposit, noon deadline, Titusville certified funds). Confirm with the selling office or on the auction site before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels get pulled when owners redeem.

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How Florida tax deed sales work

Taxes go delinquent on April 1. The Tax Collector then sells a tax certificate on the property, on or before June 1, to a buyer who pays the taxes and earns interest.
The owner can redeem the certificate by paying the Tax Collector everything owed. Most certificates are redeemed and never reach a deed sale.
After two years from April 1 of the year the certificate was issued, the certificate holder may apply for a tax deed (Florida Statutes, Section 197.502). The Clerk then orders a title search, notifies the owner and lienholders, advertises the sale once a week for four weeks, and sets the auction.
The property sells to the highest bidder at the public auction (Section 197.542), starting at an opening bid that covers the outstanding certificates, interest, costs and fees. The owner may still redeem until the Clerk has received full payment for the tax deed.
What nobody bids on becomes Lands Available for Taxes, the county held list that can be bought without an auction. That leftover list is the year round layer under every county page in this set.

How registration works in Brevard County

Registration runs on the auction site. One RealAuction registration works across the RealAuction county sites, but each county holds its own funds, so a separate deposit is required for each county sale you bid in.

The deposit is $200 or 5 percent of the bid, held in your RealAuction account.

Owners redeem up to the last moment. A parcel leaves the list when the owner pays. A list you researched last week is not the list that sells.
A winning bid is a contract. Fail to complete payment and the deposit is kept, the property is resold, and the county can bar you from future sales.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit rule, Brevard County	The deposit is $200 or 5 percent of the bid, held in your RealAuction account.
Balance due	The balance is due by noon the next business day. County guidance summaries state that payment is accepted only at the Clerk's Titusville office in certified funds, so confirm the payment route before sale day.
Deposit rule (state law)	The high bidder posts a nonrefundable deposit of 5 percent of the bid or $200, whichever is greater, at the time of the sale, applied to the final price (Florida Statutes, Section 197.542(2)). Online counties collect it in advance, in the bidder account, before the sale opens.
Extra costs on top of the bid	The buyer also pays the documentary stamp tax on the deed and the recording fees. Budget for them in the maximum bid, not after it.
Deed type	A tax deed issued by the selling office after full payment. Properties sell as is, on a buyer beware basis. The selling office makes no warranty about condition, title, zoning, or liens that may survive the sale.
Surplus	If a property sells for more than the opening bid, the surplus is held by the Clerk for the former owner and lienholders to claim under Section 197.582. It is not the buyer's money and it is not a discount on the bid.

Lands Available for Taxes: the leftover list

When a Brevard County tax deed sale draws no bid at or above the opening bid, the parcel is placed on the county List of Lands Available for Taxes. Anyone may then buy it at the posted price, first come, without an auction, until it is sold or the list is cleared. These are the parcels the auction passed over, so the due diligence matters more, not less: check taxes owed since the sale, liens, access, and zoning before you pay. The Clerk publishes the sale list as monthly auction documents with case numbers, parcel numbers, sale dates and opening bids, and maintains the Lands Available for Taxes purchase instructions on the Clerk's tax deed pages.

Before you bid

Check the list on the morning of the sale. Redemptions and cancellations run right up to sale time.
Run the parcel, not the headline. Look up assessed value and ownership with the county Property Appraiser, read the Clerk's tax deed file, and screen the opening bid against both before you set a maximum.
Some liens survive. A tax deed clears most private liens, but government liens can remain, and a federal tax lien can carry a 120 day right of redemption for the IRS after the sale. Title work after the sale is the buyer's job.
Set the maximum before the auction opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your resale or hold value to the highest bid you can pay, with deposit, stamps and recording shown.

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