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Hinds County, Mississippi — Tax Sale & Surplus Procedure

Local operations layer. The legal framework (the 2-year redemption period, the Chancery Clerk’s three-method notice, the § 27-41-77 overbid-to-owner rule, surplus rights, statutes, and case law) lives on the parent page → mississippi. This page covers how Hinds County actually runs it. Legal information, not legal advice. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

C0. Identity

  • County seat: Jackson, MS (the state capital). Hinds is the most-populous county in Mississippi, population ~227,741 (FIPS 28049).
  • Two judicial districts (the defining quirk): Hinds County is one of a handful of Mississippi counties split into two judicial districts, each with its own courthouse and its own set of county-office service windows: the First Judicial District seated in Jackson (316 S. President St.) and the Second Judicial District seated in Raymond (127 W. Main St. / Main St. Annex). The Tax Collector, Chancery Clerk, and Chancery Court all operate in both. The tax sale is run separately for District 1 and District 2. (Source: Tax Collector; Hinds County (District 1) and (District 2) Online Tax Sale — GovEase flyers)
  • Recording unit: county; land records, delinquent-tax records, and redemption are administered by the Hinds County Chancery Clerk (Eddie Jean Carr). The annual tax sale itself is conducted by the Tax Collector (Eddie J. Fair). (Source: Chancery Clerk; Tax Collector)
  • Parent legal framework: mississippi (redeemable-tax-deed state; Miss. Code Title 27, Chs. 41/43/45).

C1. Local Tax Sale

  • Conducts own sale? Yes, online — separately for each judicial district. · Platform: GovEase (govease.com; bidding at liveauctions.govease.com). The official county flyers state: “the Hinds County (District 1) tax sale will be held online… The county will be handling payments for the sale,” with an identical flyer for District 2. (Source: Hinds County District 1 & District 2 Online Tax Sale — GovEase flyers)
  • Calendar: annual, held on the last Monday in August — Hinds uses the late-August statutory option (Miss. Code § 27-41-59 alternative, mississippi §1), not the first-Monday-in-April date. The published GovEase flyers list the auction as “Monday, August 26th at 8:30am” (the 2024 sale, selling 2023-tax-year delinquents). District 1 and District 2 both auction the same morning. (Source: GovEase flyers; Tax Sale Files)
  • Bidding method: premium / overbid (state mechanics, mississippi §1). Bidders bid up from the face value (delinquent taxes + interest + fees + penalties). Amounts above face value are the “overbid,” which the purchaser does not get back — it is escrowed for the former owner under Miss. Code § 27-41-77 (mississippi §3).
  • Rate within statutory range: statewide — redemption yields the purchaser 1.5%/month (18%/yr) interest + 5% damages (mississippi §1); Hinds sets no local deviation.
  • Registration / deposit: bidders register online via GovEase; the county flyers state “Registration will begin on July 30th” and direct bidders to create an account at www.govease.com with webinar training at www.govease.com/bidderhelp. Statewide GovEase practice requires an SSN/Tax ID and W-9 and an approved payment method (mississippi §1). Exact Hinds-specific deposit/hold dollar amount not published on the county site — needs_verification. (Source: GovEase flyers; Mississippi Tax Sale Overview — GovEase)
  • Bidder requirements: open to the public (out-of-state investors permitted statewide, mississippi §11b); county officials/employees barred from buying in their home county (Miss. Code §§ 25-4-105/109, mississippi §1). (Source: GovEase flyers)
  • Delinquent list location: advertised parcels, parcels-in-sale, and final results are posted as PDF/Excel files (by district) on the county’s Tax Sale Files page — co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/taxsalefiles.asp (e.g., “2025 Advertised Parcels,” “2025 Parcels in Tax Sale,” “2025 Tax Sale Final Results,” and “Matured” lists by district). A summary index is at the Delinquent Property Tax Lists and Tax Sale Lists page. Delinquent parcels are also advertised in The Mississippi Link newspaper. (Source: Tax Sale Files; Delinquent Property Tax Lists)

C2. Local Redemption → framework: right-of-redemption

  • Where/how to redeem locally: redemption is handled by the Chancery Clerk, not the Tax Collector. The county provides an online “Delinquent Tax Redemption” query/lookup at co.hinds.ms.us/pgs/apps/tax_sale_query.asp (search by owner/buyer name or parcel number, formatted 9999-9999-999). Redemption fees may be paid online by credit card or mailed to the Chancery Clerk’s office; the Clerk sends redemption checks to the certificate purchasers each month for parcels redeemed the prior month. The 2-year redemption period and the formula (taxes + 1.5%/month + 5% damages + notice fees + any subsequent taxes) are state law — mississippi §2. (Source: Delinquent Tax Redemption query; Chancery Clerk)
  • Local fees: statewide redemption costs apply (1.5%/month interest, 5% damages, sheriff/ clerk/publication notice fees, 3% clerk fee on the redemption total — mississippi §2/§10); no Hinds-specific deviation located. Exact card-payment convenience-fee percentage for the online redemption tool — needs_verification.
  • Redemption contact: Hinds County Chancery Clerk — Eddie Jean Carr, 316 S. President St., Jackson, MS 39201 (mailing P.O. Box 686, Jackson, MS 39205-0686) · phone 601-968-6507 / 601-968-6508 · email ecarr@co.hinds.ms.us. Second Judicial District office: Main St. Annex, Raymond, MS 39154 (P.O. Box 88, Raymond, MS 39154). (Source: Phonebook; Chancery Clerk)
  • Deviations from state default: none identified beyond the two-district administration — a parcel’s redemption file follows the district (Jackson vs. Raymond) in which the land sits. Hinds otherwise follows the Title 27 Ch. 45 framework (mississippi §2).

C3. Local Surplus / Excess Proceeds → framework: surplus-funds

  • Claim filing venue: the Hinds County Chancery Clerk holds tax-sale overbid/excess proceeds; any overbid above the face amount (taxes/interest/fees/penalties) is escrowed for the record owner at the time of sale under Miss. Code § 27-41-77 (mississippi §3). The former owner must affirmatively request the overbid from the county — there is no statutory notice — within 2 years of the expiration of the maturity date (Miss. Code § 27-41-77, mississippi §3/§3b). Address: Hinds County Chancery Clerk, 316 S. President St., Jackson, MS 39201 (P.O. Box 686, Jackson 39205); Second District office at the Raymond Annex. (Source: Chancery Clerk; overbid rule mississippi §3)
  • Claim form: no Hinds-specific overbid/excess-proceeds claim form was located on the county website; in practice the request is made to the Chancery Clerk. — needs_verification (county-published surplus-claim form/procedure).
  • Local deadline notes: the § 27-41-77 2-years-after-maturity window governs (≈4 years after the sale, since maturity falls 2 years after sale); unclaimed overbids are retained by the county, not escheated to the State (mississippi §3b).
  • Unclaimed-list published? No dedicated Hinds overbid/excess-funds list was located on the county website (the Tax Sale Files page publishes parcel/results lists, not an overbid list). — needs_verification (whether Hinds publishes an unclaimed-overbid list).

▸ For Investors / Operators — Hinds runs the front-end auction on GovEase on the last Monday in August, separately for District 1 (Jackson) and District 2 (Raymond); the purchaser acquires a lien/certificate that matures to a tax deed only after the 2-year redemption period and the Chancery Clerk’s mandatory three-method notice (certified mail + sheriff personal service + publication) — defective notice voids the sale (mississippi §6). Any overbid you pay above face value is not refundable to you; it is escrowed for the former owner (Miss. Code § 27-41-77). Path to marketable title runs through a Chancery Court suit to confirm the tax title (Fifth Chancery District) plus the § 15-1-15 three-year-possession bar (mississippi §5b); for surviving liens (easements survive; mortgages generally do not given proper notice; IRS § 7425 120-day redemption) see mississippi §7b.

▸ For Former Owners — Redemption is filed with the Chancery Clerk (316 S. President St., Jackson, or the Raymond Annex for 2nd-district parcels; 601-968-6507), not the Tax Collector, and the online Delinquent Tax Redemption tool shows the current payoff. If your property sold for more than the taxes and costs, that overbid belongs to you as the record owner at the time of sale — but the county sends no notice; you must request it from the Chancery Clerk within two years of the maturity-date expiration, or the county keeps it (Miss. Code § 27-41-77).

C4. Offices & Contacts

OfficeNameAddressPhoneURL
Tax Collector (conducts the sale)Eddie J. Fair316 S. President St., Jackson, MS 39201 (P.O. Box 1727, Jackson 39215) · 2nd Dist.: 127 W. Main St., Raymond 39154 (P.O. Box 51)601-968-6587 / -6588 / -6590 (Jackson); 601-857-5574 (Raymond)hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/tax-collector
Chancery Clerk (redemption / surplus / land records)Eddie Jean Carr316 S. President St., Jackson, MS 39201 (P.O. Box 686, Jackson 39205) · 2nd Dist.: Main St. Annex, Raymond 39154 (P.O. Box 88)601-968-6507 / 601-968-6508hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/chancery-clerk
Chancery Court (quiet-title / confirm-tax-title venue)Fifth Chancery District — Chancellors J. Dewayne Thomas, Tiffany Grove, Tametrice Hodges, Crystal Wise MartinJackson & Raymond courthouses (Clerk maintains file)601-968-6551 (Thomas); 601-968-6547 (Grove)hindscountyms.com/courts/chancery-court-judges
Tax Assessor (parcel/valuation; not the sale)—316 S. President St., Jackson, MS 39201601-968-6588hindscountyms.com/elected-offices/tax-assessor

(Sources: Tax Collector; Chancery Clerk; Phonebook; Chancery Court Judges)

Mississippi tax sales are conducted by the Tax Collector, not the Sheriff; the Sheriff is omitted as not applicable to tax-sale or redemption procedure here.

C5. Local Procedure Notes

  • Two-judicial-district split: Hinds runs the tax sale separately for District 1 (Jackson) and District 2 (Raymond) on GovEase, and parcel lists, results, and redemption files are kept by district. Confirm which district a parcel sits in before registering, bidding, or redeeming. (Source: GovEase flyers; Tax Sale Files)
  • Sale date choice: Hinds elects the last Monday in August statutory date (the 2024 sale fell on Monday, August 26th at 8:30 a.m.), rather than the first-Monday-in-April option. Plan registration and funding around late July / August. (Source: GovEase flyers)
  • County handles its own payments: unlike some GovEase counties, the flyers state the county (not GovEase) handles payments for the Hinds sale. (Source: GovEase flyers)
  • Two-office split: the Tax Collector runs the auction; the Chancery Clerk takes over post-sale for redemption payoffs and holds the escrowed overbid — a common point of confusion. (Source: Chancery Clerk)
  • Online-only auction: Hinds moved its tax-lien sale online (GovEase); in-person bidding at the courthouse is not the operative method. Hinds was an early Mississippi adopter (a pilot in District 2 preceded the full online sale). (Source: GovEase flyers)

C6. Records Access

C8. Title & Quiet Title

  • Title type: redeemable tax deed — purchaser holds a lien/certificate that matures to a tax deed after the 2-year redemption period if unredeemed (state mechanics, mississippi §0/§7).
  • Quiet title action — required? Not statutorily required to perfect title (it matures administratively), but strongly advised: a tax deed is only prima facie evidence, and a suit to confirm the tax title is the standard way to make it marketable (mississippi §5b/§7).
  • Type / court: judicial — filed in the Chancery Court under Miss. Code § 11-17-1. In Hinds the venue is the Fifth Chancery District (Chancellors J. Dewayne Thomas, Tiffany Grove, Tametrice Hodges, Crystal Wise Martin), with the Chancery Clerk (Eddie Jean Carr) maintaining the file; the suit is filed in the judicial district (Jackson or Raymond) where the land sits. (Source: Chancery Court Judges; confirmation-suit framework mississippi §5b)
  • Typical timeline / cost: not separately published for Hinds; statewide a confirmation suit plus the § 15-1-15 three-year-possession bar governs marketability. needs_verification of Hinds-specific Chancery quiet-title timeline and attorney-fee benchmarks (state page also flags this — mississippi §5b).
  • Title insurers active locally: Hinds (1st JD) is a deep title-search market — the Land Title Association of Mississippi lists numerous abstractors servicing the county (Chad Alford, Chad Evans, Quincy Lewis, Patricia Roberts, Dustin Desper, Santita Newsom, Bobbie Jo Kemp, Greg McIntyre, Luke Williams, Mark Eppes, Kiara Taite, Khristen Pello, Brad Holloway, plus Security American Title and smr.title); e-recording via Simplifile and EPN. Specific underwriters writing policies on tax-deed title locally were not confirmed — needs_verification (underwriter deed-seasoning practice). (Source: LTAMS — Hinds County 1st JD)

C9. Purchaser Obligations

  • Subsequent-tax payment office: subsequent-year taxes are paid to the Hinds County Tax Collector (316 S. President St., Jackson, 601-968-6587; or Raymond office for 2nd-district parcels); a prior/subsequent purchaser may pay later years’ “subs” to protect the lien, recoverable in redemption (Miss. Code § 27-41-31, mississippi §1). Online payment at hindscountyms.com/pay-online. (Source: Tax Collector; Pay Online)
  • Notice-to-owner procedure: the statutory redemption notice (certified mail + sheriff personal service + publication, 180→60 days before expiration) is issued by the Chancery Clerk, not the purchaser, under Miss. Code §§ 27-43-1/3 — defective notice voids the sale (mississippi §6). The Hinds Chancery Clerk administers this. (Source: Chancery Clerk; notice framework mississippi §6)
  • Redemption-payment office (where the owner goes to redeem): Chancery Clerk, 316 S. President St., Jackson (601-968-6507), or the Raymond Annex for 2nd-district parcels; online payoff lookup at the Delinquent Tax Redemption query. (Source: Delinquent Tax Redemption query)
  • Occupancy / access during redemption: the certificate conveys “perfect title… but without the right of possession” during the 2-year redemption window — the purchaser has no right of possession until maturity (mississippi §0/§1). No Hinds-specific occupancy ordinance was located. needs_verification of any local possession practice.

C10. Local Restrictions

  • Land bank: none identified for Hinds County. Mississippi has no enacted statewide land bank act as of 2026 (HB 958 / 2023 introduced; enactment unconfirmed — mississippi §11b); no Hinds County land bank entity was located. The City of Jackson has used various property-disposition vehicles, but no county-level land bank exercising a tax-sale right was confirmed. — needs_verification of any Jackson/Hinds municipal land bank.
  • Right of first refusal: none identified at the county tax-collector sale. Municipal/SOS ROFR mechanics in Mississippi attach to the Secretary of State tax-forfeited-lands path (state-struck parcels), where a municipality has priority to acquire — not the third-party county GovEase sale (mississippi §11b). No Hinds-specific ROFR at the GovEase sale was found.
  • Entity / insider notes: county officials and employees (including Chancery Clerk staff) may not buy at the tax sale in their home county under the Ethics in Government Act (Miss. Code §§ 25-4-105/109, mississippi §1). No Hinds-specific entity restriction beyond statewide rules was located.

C7. Meta

  • parent_state: mississippi
  • last_verified: 2026-06-02
  • confidence: 0.81
  • completeness_score: 0.92
  • gap_score: 8
  • sources:
  • needs_verification:
    • Exact GovEase deposit/hold dollar amount or bid-funding rule specific to the Hinds sale (county site references registration but does not publish a figure).
    • Card-payment convenience-fee percentage for the online Delinquent Tax Redemption tool.
    • Whether Hinds publishes a county-specific surplus / excess-overbid claim form and written procedure (beyond the general § 27-41-77 request to the Chancery Clerk).
    • Whether Hinds publishes an unclaimed-overbid / excess-funds list.
    • Hinds-specific Chancery Court quiet-title (tax-title confirmation) timeline and cost benchmarks.
    • Title-insurance underwriters writing policies on Hinds tax-deed title and their deed-seasoning requirements.
    • Any Jackson/Hinds municipal land bank or local right-of-first-refusal at the tax sale (none located; statewide land bank act enactment also unconfirmed — mississippi §11b).
    • Any Hinds-specific occupancy/possession practice during the redemption period.
  • cross_links: mississippi, right-of-redemption, surplus-funds, third-party-recovery-rules, due-process-notice, treasurer-sale, tyler-v-hennepin-county, jones-v-flowers
  • changelog:
    • 2026-06-02 — Initial population from Hinds County official sources (Tax Collector, Chancery Clerk, GovEase District 1 & District 2 tax-sale flyers, Tax Sale Files, Delinquent Property Tax Lists, Delinquent Tax Redemption query, Online Databases / General Index, county phonebook, Chancery Court Judges, Parcel Viewer GIS, Pay Online, Tax Assessor) plus LTAMS Hinds 1st-JD page and GovEase Mississippi overview. Confirmed: GovEase platform run separately for the two judicial districts; last-Monday-in-August sale (Aug 26 2024 at 8:30 a.m.); county handles payments; redemption via Chancery Clerk Eddie Jean Carr (601-968-6507) with online lookup; overbid escrow under § 27-41-77; Fifth Chancery District quiet-title venue (Thomas, Grove, Hodges, Wise Martin). Flagged 8 needs_verification items.

▸ For Investors / Operators — Hinds auctions tax liens on GovEase (liveauctions.govease.com) on the last Monday in August, run separately for District 1 (Jackson) and District 2 (Raymond) — confirm a parcel’s district before registering. The county handles payments; register from late July. You buy a lien that matures to a deed only after the 2-year redemption and the Chancery Clerk’s three-method notice — and your overbid above face value is not refundable to you (Miss. Code § 27-41-77). For marketable title, plan a Chancery Court tax-title confirmation suit (Fifth Chancery District) and the § 15-1-15 possession bar (mississippi §5b/§7b).

▸ For Former Owners — Redeem through the Chancery Clerk (316 S. President St., Jackson, or the Raymond Annex for 2nd-district parcels; 601-968-6507; online Delinquent Tax Redemption lookup), not the Tax Collector. If your property sold for more than the taxes and costs, that overbid is yours as record owner at the time of sale — but you get no notice and must request it from the Chancery Clerk within two years of the maturity-date expiration, or the county keeps it (Miss. Code § 27-41-77).

Legal information, not legal advice. This page summarizes local operational procedure; verify every deadline and amount against the cited official Hinds County sources and the parent mississippi page before acting. Last verified: 2026-06-02.

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