Does Maricopa County sell land over the counter?

Yes. 37 parcels the county owns are for sale directly, with no auction. Each one shows the county's asking price on the map.

What do you get at a Arizona tax sale?

A tax lien, not the land. The owner has at least three years to pay off the certificate. After three years the holder can foreclose in court, after a 30-day notice. The court orders the treasurer to issue a deed.

Arizona · Tax lien state

Maricopa County, Arizona over-the-counter land

Parsell has 37 parcels of over-the-counter land in Maricopa County, Arizona right now.

See Maricopa County on the map How Arizona sales work

Free to browse, no account needed. Counts as of October 28, 2026.

Listings: 37; Over-the-counter land
How it sells: Over the counter; No auction date
Median taxes owed: $2,366; $388 to $60,509
Median size: 0.12 ac; Largest 5.5 acres

What's for sale in Maricopa County

Over-the-counter land
37
Land the county owns and sells directly at its asking price, with no auction date.

Taxes owed

Under $1,00011
$1,000 to $5,00015
$5,000 to $25,0007
$25,000 and up4

Screened before you bid

Parsell checks every listing against FEMA flood maps, the National Wetlands Inventory, road data and the assessor's record. Open the map to see the screen on each one.

30 of 37 touch a mapped road.
7 of 37 have no mapped road access, so check for an easement.
1 of 37 are 5 acres or more.
36 of 37 are bare land, with no building on the assessor's record.

How the Maricopa County sale works

Maricopa County sells these directly, with no auction date.

Maricopa County over-the-counter list

Parsell doesn't run the sale. Every listing links to the county's sale page or the auction platform, where you register and bid.

Arizona rules in brief

Arizona sells tax liens called certificates of purchase. Each county treasurer holds one sale a year, online in most counties on RealAuction's arizonataxsale.com sites. Bidders bid the interest rate down, and certificates nobody buys can be bought over the counter afterwards.

Redemption, interest and title in Arizona

Parcel data for Maricopa County

Property lines and county records for all 1,751,155 parcels in Maricopa County, listed or not. A free account opens the parcel summary on each one: owner, acreage, assessed value, sales history and the Parsell Estimate. Run a report on any of them for buildability, comparable sales, title and liens.

Maricopa County tax sale questions

Does Maricopa County sell land over the counter?: Yes. 37 parcels the county owns are for sale directly, with no auction. Each one shows the county's asking price on the map.
What do you get at a Arizona tax sale?: A tax lien, not the land. The owner has at least three years to pay off the certificate. After three years the holder can foreclose in court, after a 30-day notice. The court orders the treasurer to issue a deed.