Gulf County tax deed sales

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Gulf County (county seat Port St. Joe) sells tax deeds in person, run by the Gulf County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, James M. Terry on In person in the front lobby of the Courthouse in Port St. Joe, Florida. The Clerk Tax Deeds page states that in person tax deed auctions are back, that all auctions will take place in the front lobby of the Courthouse in Port St. Joe, and that the Clerk Office will not maintain escrow accounts. The Clerk maintains a listing of upcoming tax deed sales on the Clerk website, and a Tax Deed Legal Advertisement Notice is published in the STAR newspaper once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the auction date. No online bidding is offered: the Clerk bidder notice states that you cannot register or place a bid via mail or internet.. Sales run as scheduled and posted on the Clerk website. The Clerk publishes no fixed weekly or monthly cadence. Tax Deed Sales Auctions will start at 11:00 AM EST and continue until all scheduled auctions are completed.

Next sale on the calendar: Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST. The Clerk Tax Deeds page lists active sales on Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST, with further active sales on Wednesday, December 2, 2026 and Wednesday, December 9, 2026, each at 11:00 AM EST.

The Clerk Tax Deeds page lists active sales on November 18, December 2 and December 9, 2026, each at 11:00 AM EST.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Wednesday, November 18, 2026 at 11:00 AM EST
Sale pattern	Sales run as scheduled and posted on the Clerk website. The Clerk publishes no fixed weekly or monthly cadence. Tax Deed Sales Auctions will start at 11:00 AM EST and continue until all scheduled auctions are completed.
Format	In person
Platform	In person in the front lobby of the Courthouse in Port St. Joe, Florida. The Clerk Tax Deeds page states that in person tax deed auctions are back, that all auctions will take place in the front lobby of the Courthouse in Port St. Joe, and that the Clerk Office will not maintain escrow accounts. The Clerk maintains a listing of upcoming tax deed sales on the Clerk website, and a Tax Deed Legal Advertisement Notice is published in the STAR newspaper once a week for four consecutive weeks prior to the auction date. No online bidding is offered: the Clerk bidder notice states that you cannot register or place a bid via mail or internet.
Selling office	Gulf County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, James M. Terry
The list	Yes, and the list is currently empty. The Clerk Tax Deeds page states: Gulf County Does Not Have Any Property On The List Of Lands.

Sources: Gulf County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, Tax Deeds Sales and Surplus/Overbids. Gulf County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, To All Parties Participating in Tax Deed Auctions. Gulf County Clerk of Court and Comptroller, homepage. 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 Gulf County

To bid on a Tax Deed Property, you must register in person fifteen (15) minutes prior to the time of the sale. You cannot register or place a bid via mail or internet. The required deposit must be in the bidder possession at the time bidding begins, and successful bidders will not be allowed to leave the auction site to secure the required deposit, nor will bidders be allowed to send another person to get it.

The high bidder shall post with the Clerk a nonrefundable deposit of 5 percent of the bid or $200, whichever is greater, at the time of the Sale, to be applied to the sale price at the time of full payment. Bidders are told to bring cash or certified funds for the five percent winning bid deposit. The Clerk accepts only cash or certified funds for payments of the deposit and final bid; personal checks, business checks, debit or credit cards are not permissible forms of payment. The Clerk Office will not maintain escrow accounts, and any bidder currently having an escrow account balance will be issued a refund.

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, Gulf County	The high bidder shall post with the Clerk a nonrefundable deposit of 5 percent of the bid or $200, whichever is greater, at the time of the Sale, to be applied to the sale price at the time of full payment. Bidders are told to bring cash or certified funds for the five percent winning bid deposit. The Clerk accepts only cash or certified funds for payments of the deposit and final bid; personal checks, business checks, debit or credit cards are not permissible forms of payment. The Clerk Office will not maintain escrow accounts, and any bidder currently having an escrow account balance will be issued a refund.
Balance due	If Full Payment of the Final Bid, Documentary Stamp Tax, and Recording Fees (based on the bid price) is not made within 24 hours, excluding weekends and legal holidays, the Clerk shall cancel all bids and immediately re-advertise the Sale once, to be held within 30 days after the date of cancellation. All costs of the sale will be paid from the nonrefundable cash deposit with any remaining funds applied to the opening bid.
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 Gulf 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. Yes, and the list is currently empty. The Clerk Tax Deeds page states: Gulf County Does Not Have Any Property On The List Of Lands.

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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