We buy houses in Tippah County, MS

Each year the Tax Collector must hold a sale for unpaid real estate taxes. State law puts it on the last Monday of August, after two weeks of newspaper ads that begin after August 5 (Miss. Code 27-41-55).

A collector may also run the sale online, if the board of supervisors approves the contract. The ad must then explain how to bid (Miss. Code 27-41-59).

Selling for taxes does not end your rights. Within two years of the sale, you or anyone with an interest in the land can redeem it at the Chancery Clerk (Miss. Code 27-45-3).

The redemption bill adds 5 percent damages and 1.5 percent interest a month to the taxes and costs (Miss. Code 27-45-3).

Watch your mail near the end. The clerk must send a notice 60 to 180 days before the two years run out (Miss. Code 27-43-1).

For a Mississippi resident, that notice comes three ways:

• a sheriff or constable delivers it, or posts it on your door
• the clerk sends it by registered or certified mail
• your name and land run in a county paper at least 45 days before the end (Miss. Code 27-43-3)

When a home loan backed by a deed of trust goes into default, the land can be sold at public outcry.

State law requires three things before that sale (Miss. Code 89-1-55):

• ads for three weeks in a row in a county paper
• a notice posted at the courthouse for the same time
• the original borrower's name in both

The sale can happen in Tippah County, or in the county where a borrower lives. If you got a notice, a real estate attorney can confirm what it means for your timeline.

The January 2026 winter storm hit Tippah hard. On January 25, WMC reported more than 11,000 of Tippah Electric's almost 14,000 customers without power. The utility warned of weeks, not days, to restore it.

Afterward, the county hired local help for debris cleanup. If the storm left damage you have not fixed, a buyer will see it. Keep your repair and insurance papers ready.

A 2009 FEMA flood study blames most flooding on overflow from four streams:

• the Hatchie River
• the Little Hatchie River
• Muddy Creek
• South Tippah Creek

The same study says the county has no natural or manmade flood protection.

Own the land under a mobile home? For property tax, Mississippi treats the home as personal property unless you act. You can remove the wheels and axles, anchor it, and list it as real property. Or you can permanently retire the title (Miss. Code 27-53-15).

Once the home is classed as real property, the Tax Assessor files a certificate in the county land records. It costs $10, plus the filing fee. If no title was ever issued, one deed of trust can then cover both the home and the land.

Tippah has long been farm country. In 1960 its farmers raised the second-most corn and the third-most hogs in Mississippi.

Sometimes several relatives own one tract together. If one of them asks a court to sell, the others can buy that share instead.

They must tell the court within 45 days of its notice. The price is the court's value of the whole tract times that relative's share (Miss. Code 91-31-13).