Tax Sale
2026 Tax Sale will be held by online Auction beginning 6pm Thursday, August 20, 2026 and will end Friday, August 21, 2026. Pre-registration is required and packets will be available beginning August 1, 2026.
Also, if you are a homeowner of limited income you may qualify for the Homeowner Protection Program, which could keep your home out of tax sale for at least three years. It could also help you to pay the taxes you owe and keep your home. For more information about the program and how to apply, please contact:
State Tax Sale Ombudsman
Website: dat.maryland.gov/taxsale
Phone: (410) 767-4994, (833) 732-8411 toll free
Email: sdat.taxsale@maryland.gov
Properties sold at that 2025 Tax Sale can now be redeemed. Contact the Tax Office at (410) 479-0410 for information and redemption amounts.
The tax sale is held by online auction in May, as determined by the Director of Finance. On this date the County will sell its first lien on the property to a tax sale purchaser. To remove this lien or "redeem the property," the owner or other person with a legal interest in the property may pay all outstanding fees and charges at any time until the right of redemption has been finally barred by decree of the Circuit Court in which the foreclosure proceeding is filed.
For more information regarding property redemption and the tax sale contact the Caroline County Tax Office at 410-479-0410.