Osceola County tax deed sales

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Osceola County (county seat Kissimmee) sells tax deeds online only, run by the Osceola Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller, Office of Kelvin Soto, Esq. Tax Deed Department, 2 Courthouse Square, Kissimmee, FL 34741. on osceola.realtaxdeed.com, the official tax deed sale site for Osceola County on RealAuction, at www.osceola.realtaxdeed.com/index.cfm for the property list and estimated opening bids.. Sales are held online as scheduled, about monthly on Tuesdays in the 2026 pattern described from Clerk notices and the surplus report, at 11:00 AM. The Clerk page itself says sales will be held online at osceola.realtaxdeed.com and that notices serve as the official publication for each sale.

Next sale on the calendar: Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 11:00 AM. Per the Clerk Publication Notice of Sale for November 10, 2026, as read in secondary summaries of the official notice on November 9, 2026, and cross-verified against TaxSalesFeed, which also lists November 10, 2026. The notice holds 30 notices of application for tax deed, per that summary. Confirm on osceola.realtaxdeed.com before bidding.

Secondary source, TaxSalesFeed, read November 9, 2026: 42 upcoming tax deed sales in Osceola County, with 16 in the next 30 days.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	Tuesday, November 10, 2026, 11:00 AM
Sale pattern	Sales are held online as scheduled, about monthly on Tuesdays in the 2026 pattern described from Clerk notices and the surplus report, at 11:00 AM. The Clerk page itself says sales will be held online at osceola.realtaxdeed.com and that notices serve as the official publication for each sale.
Format	Online only
Platform	osceola.realtaxdeed.com, the official tax deed sale site for Osceola County on RealAuction, at www.osceola.realtaxdeed.com/index.cfm for the property list and estimated opening bids.
Selling office	Osceola Clerk of the Circuit Court and County Comptroller, Office of Kelvin Soto, Esq. Tax Deed Department, 2 Courthouse Square, Kissimmee, FL 34741.
The list	For a list of properties available for sale and their estimated opening bids, visit the official tax deed sale site at osceola.realtaxdeed.com. Properties scheduled for sale are also advertised in the Osceola News Gazette, and each sale notice is posted on the Clerk Tax Deed Records and Sales page. That page also links the Tax Deed Surplus List and refers to properties sold from the List of Lands Available for Taxes.

Sources: Osceola Clerk, Tax Deed Records and Sales. TaxSalesFeed, Osceola County, secondary. Tax Sale Atlas, Osceola County, secondary, calendar cross check. 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 Osceola 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.

Register at osceola.realtaxdeed.com, then submit the required deposit with the Clerk Office no later than 3:00 PM on the day prior to the sale. For each property purchased, funds settled in the Clerk account must cover the nonrefundable deposit of exactly 5 percent of the final bid or $200.00, whichever is greater, at the time of the sale. ACH deposits must be made at least four business days prior to the auction, as ACH takes at least four business days to settle.

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, Osceola County	Register at osceola.realtaxdeed.com, then submit the required deposit with the Clerk Office no later than 3:00 PM on the day prior to the sale. For each property purchased, funds settled in the Clerk account must cover the nonrefundable deposit of exactly 5 percent of the final bid or $200.00, whichever is greater, at the time of the sale. ACH deposits must be made at least four business days prior to the auction, as ACH takes at least four business days to settle.
Balance due	Once a sale is completed, the successful high bidder must remit the balance of the high bid plus the recording fee and state documentary stamps of $0.70 per $100.00 of the bid. The remainder is due in the Clerk Office within 24 hours following the sale, in cash or cashier check drawn from a U.S. bank and issued in U.S. dollars, subject to the Clerk cash limit of $10,000 per person stated on the page.
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 Osceola 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. For a list of properties available for sale and their estimated opening bids, visit the official tax deed sale site at osceola.realtaxdeed.com. Properties scheduled for sale are also advertised in the Osceola News Gazette, and each sale notice is posted on the Clerk Tax Deed Records and Sales page. That page also links the Tax Deed Surplus List and refers to properties sold from the List of Lands Available for Taxes.

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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