St. Louis City tax sales, Missouri

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St. Louis City is an independent city and its own tax jurisdiction, and it runs Missouri's most distinctive system: not the August collector sale at all, but a court foreclosure under the Municipal Land Reutilization Law, RSMo 92.700 to 92.920. The Collector processes payments and files suit; the Sheriff sells roughly a year after the suit is filed and handles all post-sale processes; and parcels nobody bids on pass to the Land Reutilization Authority, the city land bank, which sells them by reviewed offers all year. The 2026 record is complete and dated: five suits filed (241 on April 7 through 245 on October 13, 2026) and five sales held (Sale 236 on May 12 through Sale 240 on October 6, 2026).

Selling office: Sheriff of the City of St. Louis (sale), on suits filed by the Collector of Revenue

Next sale: 2026 sales complete (Sale 240, October 6, 2026); the pattern is several Sheriff sales a year, each following a suit filed about a year earlier. The Collector posts the property list two weeks before each sale. Suits filed in 2026 (Suits 241 to 245) feed the 2027 sale calendar on the roughly one year lag the Collector describes, so the working expectation is a similar run of dated sales through 2027, each announced on the Collector's schedule page rather than on a fixed annual date.

The 2026 sale calendar is complete with Sale 240 on October 6, 2026. The 2027 calendar builds from the 2026 suits on the roughly one year lag; watch the Collector's Delinquent Land Tax Suit and Sale Schedule for each posted list, which appears two weeks before its sale.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	2026 sales complete (Sale 240, October 6, 2026); the pattern is several Sheriff sales a year, each following a suit filed about a year earlier
The suit	When a parcel becomes delinquent, the Collector of Revenue files a land tax suit under the Municipal Land Reutilization Law. 2026 filings: Suit 241 on April 7, 242 on May 5, 243 on June 2, 244 on July 7, and 245 on October 13, 2026.
The wait	The sale occurs approximately one year after the suit is filed. Under s. 92.810 there is a six month waiting period after the judgment of foreclosure before the Sheriff advertises, absent a written redemption contract.
The list	The property list for each sale is posted two weeks before the sale date, on the Collector's schedule page and through the Sheriff.
Registration	Bidders must pre-register no less than 10 days before the sale under s. 92.825.4 and pass the eligibility screen: no City property delinquent in taxes, no unpaid special tax bills or vacant building fees, no pending building or housing code violations, and no prior failure to pay, confirm or sign a Sheriff deed. Approval is emailed and the bidder number is picked up on sale day with state ID.
The sale	Sales are held outside at 9:00 AM sharp on the 11th Street side of the Civil Courts Building, 10 North Tucker Blvd. 2026 sales: 236 on May 12, 237 on June 9, 238 on July 14, 239 on August 11, and 240 on October 6, 2026.
Confirmation	Under s. 92.840 the court holds a confirmation hearing within six months after the sale to confirm or set it aside. The Sheriff handles all post-sale processes, and the deed follows confirmation.
Format	Sheriff sale in person outside the Civil Courts Building, on a rolling calendar of several sales a year; unsold parcels pass to the Land Reutilization Authority: St. Louis City does not use the ch. 140 collector sale. The Collector of Revenue files land tax suits under the Municipal Land Reutilization Law; about a year later the Sheriff sells the foreclosed parcels in person at 9:00 AM sharp on the 11th Street side of the Civil Courts Building, 10 North Tucker Blvd.
Selling office	Sheriff of the City of St. Louis (sale), on suits filed by the Collector of Revenue

Sources: City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue, Delinquent Land Tax Suit and Sale Schedule. Sheriff of the City of St. Louis, land tax sales. Land Reutilization Authority of the City of St. Louis (lrastl.org). Missouri Revised Statutes ch. 92, Municipal Land Reutilization Law (revisor.mo.gov). Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How Missouri tax sales work

Suit first, sale about a year later. The City does not wait for an August collector sale. When a parcel becomes delinquent the Collector of Revenue files a land tax suit under the Municipal Land Reutilization Law, ss. 92.700 to 92.920, and the Sheriff sells the parcel approximately one year after the suit is filed.
A six month pause sits between judgment and advertisement. Under s. 92.810, after the judgment of foreclosure there is a six month waiting period before the Sheriff advertises the sale, unless the owner has signed a written redemption contract.
The Sheriff, not the Collector, runs the sale day. Sales are held outside at 9:00 AM sharp on the 11th Street side of the Civil Courts Building. Bidders pre-register at least ten days ahead under s. 92.825.4 and pass an eligibility screen that excludes anyone with City tax delinquencies, unpaid special tax bills or vacant building fees, pending code violations, or a prior failure to complete a Sheriff sale purchase.
Payment closes the same afternoon. The full amount, by cashier's check or money order (cash is no longer accepted as of 2026), must be received by 2:00 PM on the sale date, plus a separate 150.00 dollar payment per parcel. A defaulting bidder's parcel is re-offered the next day and the loss is recoverable against the bidder.
The court confirms before the deed. Under s. 92.840 the court holds a confirmation hearing within six months after the sale to confirm the sale or set it aside; the Sheriff handles all post-sale processes. There is no certificate of purchase and no ch. 140 redemption year in this system.
Unsold parcels become land bank inventory. A parcel that draws no bid passes to the Land Reutilization Authority, which sells by reviewed written offers at its monthly commission meetings, conveying by quitclaim deed.

How bidding works in St. Louis City

Pre-register with the Sheriff no less than 10 days before the sale, as s. 92.825.4 requires. One application per person or business. The screen checks that the applicant owns no City property delinquent in taxes, owes no special tax bills or vacant building fees, has no pending building or housing code violations, and has never failed to pay for, confirm, or sign a Sheriff deed after a winning bid. Approved bidders receive an email and pick up a bidder number on sale day with state issued ID.

Registration is the first bid. The ten day pre-registration and the eligibility screen decide who is in the room before any parcel is called. A buyer with a delinquent City parcel or an open code violation is excluded entirely, which thins competition and rewards keeping a clean City record.
The 2:00 PM deadline is the real term of sale. Winning is only half the purchase: certified funds for the full amount, plus 150.00 dollars per parcel in a second payment, must be in the Sheriff's hands the same afternoon. Arrange funds before the sale, not after the bid.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, St. Louis City	No separate bidding deposit is published in the sources read; the city's discipline is the payment deadline itself. The full purchase amount must be received by 2:00 PM on the sale date without exception, and a second separate payment of 150.00 dollars per parcel purchased is also required on the day.
Payment, St. Louis City	Cashier's check or money order payable to Sheriff City of St. Louis. As of 2026 cash is no longer accepted. The full amount must be received by 2:00 PM on the sale date without exception, in two separate payments, the second being 150.00 dollars per parcel purchased. A winning bidder who fails to pay sees the parcel re-offered the next day, and the loss is recoverable against the defaulting bidder (the Sheriff's page cites s. 513.240).
What is sold	The property itself, through a court foreclosure judgment, sold by the Sheriff. There is no lien certificate stage and no certificate interest rate in the City system; the ch. 140 certificate terms on other Missouri pages do not apply here.
The timeline	Suit, then roughly one year to the sale, with a six month statutory waiting period after the foreclosure judgment before the Sheriff may advertise (s. 92.810). Five suits and five sales ran in 2026, so the calendar is continuous rather than seasonal.
Bidder eligibility	Pre-registration at least ten days before the sale (s. 92.825.4) and a clean record with the City: no delinquent City taxes, no unpaid special tax bills or vacant building fees, no pending building or housing code violations, no prior failure to pay, confirm or sign after winning.
Payment discipline	Full amount by 2:00 PM on sale day, cashier's check or money order only, no cash as of 2026, plus a separate 150.00 dollars per parcel. Miss the deadline and the parcel is re-offered the next day with the loss charged to the defaulting bidder.
Confirmation	The court holds a confirmation hearing within six months after the sale (s. 92.840) and may confirm or set the sale aside. The Sheriff's deed follows confirmation; budget the wait into any resale plan.
The land bank door	Unsold parcels pass to the Land Reutilization Authority. LRA purchases are by written offer reviewed monthly, with a 25 dollar processing fee in program documents and conveyance by quitclaim deed.

Unsold parcels: the Land Reutilization Authority

Parcels that draw no bid at the Sheriff's sale pass to the Land Reutilization Authority, the city's land bank, and that is the year-round leftover channel. Offers are by appointment and are submitted in person at SLDC, 1520 Market St., Suite 221, St. Louis (office hours Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM), on the LRA Offer Submission Form, with a Parcel Exhibit Form for offers covering more than three parcels. The LRA Commission reviews offers at its monthly meetings and may accept, counter, or deny. Program documents put the offer processing fee at 25 dollars, payable by cashier's check or money order only, and LRA sales convey by quitclaim deed. The LRA also runs a side-lot program for adjacent owners, documented at 185 dollars all in (25 dollar application, 100 dollar purchase, 60 dollar recording).

Before you bid

Work the LRA list alongside the sale list. The parcels that fail at the Sheriff sale do not disappear; they become LRA inventory with a written offer process and monthly review. For many buyers the land bank door, with no auction clock, is the better purchase.
Read the suit number, not just the address. Each sale corresponds to a suit filed about a year earlier. The suit file is where the judgment amount, the parties and the property's history sit, and it is public long before the two week sale list posts.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your exit value to the highest bid you can pay, with the costs shown.

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