Riverside County Tax-Default Property Auction — 2026

Office of the Treasurer-Tax Collector (Matthew Jennings, TTC)

Mailing: P.O. Box 12005, Riverside, CA 92502-2205

Phone: (951) 955-3900 · Toll-free (951/760): (877) 748-2689

Website: https://countytreasurer.org · Contact form: https://countytreasurer.org/contact-us

(No published direct email — county uses contact form)

Online only via Bid4Assets. No in-person sale.

2026 storefront: https://www.bid4assets.com/storefront/RiversideCountyApr26

Sale TC-223: opens April 23, 2026, 8:00 AM PT → closes on staggered item-by-item times through April 28, 2026

Re-offer round (reduced minimum bids): April 24, 2026, 9:00 AM PT for unsold parcels

Historical pattern: single annual sale in late April every year (TC-219 in '24, TC-221 in '25, TC-223 in '26)

Register on Bid4Assets only. $5,000 refundable deposit + $35 non-refundable processing fee.

Deposit deadline: April 20, 2026 (before sale opens)

Vesting info must be entered before deposit instructions appear

Accepted: wire, ACH/eCheck, cashier's check

Full payment due to Bid4Assets by 1:00 PM PT, May 1, 2026 — "No Exceptions" per Terms PDF

Wire transfer or cashier's check / ACH for smaller balances

Default: deposit forfeited (R&T § 3693.1); CA does not allow sale to second-highest bidder (R&T § 3693)

Additional buyer costs: $0.55/$500 CA documentary transfer tax + extra $0.55/$500 City of Riverside surtax for in-city parcels + $35/item processing fee + recording fee

2026 sale: ~826–946 parcels (sources vary by counting method — active at open vs. originally noticed). Largest Riverside sale in recent years

2025 baseline: 389 parcels, ~$8.35M unpaid taxes

Mix: heavy on vacant IE/desert land (Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, Blythe, Desert Center), smaller share improved residential/commercial

Min bids: $100 (24 lots in Lake Elsinore/Wildomar) → $4.5M (single commercial parcel)

Bid increment: $100

Owner redemption ends 5:00 PM, April 22, 2026 (close of business last day before sale opens). No post-sale redemption (R&T § 3707)

Surviving liens (R&T § 3712): IRS federal tax liens (120-day federal redemption right), unpaid Mello-Roos special taxes, PACE/HERO assessments, special-assessment installments not in redemption amount, non-consenting taxing-agency liens

Rescission: 1 year from tax deed execution to petition Board of Supervisors (R&T § 3731); subsequent court action within 1 year of denial (R&T § 3725)

Excess proceeds: claim within 1 year of tax deed recordation (R&T § 4675), postmarked by deadline

Inventory more than doubled (389 parcels in 2025 → ~826–946 in 2026) — the largest Riverside sale in recent memory

Deposit unchanged at $5,000 + $35 fee. (Older Bid4Assets archives reference $2,500 — that's stale; both 2025 and 2026 use $5,000.)

Platform unchanged: Bid4Assets remains exclusive (no migration to GovEase/RealAuction unlike LA)

Trying to register/deposit with the County. Riverside accepts registration & deposits only through Bid4Assets — county site explicitly directs bidders there

Assuming Mello-Roos / PACE / HERO get wiped. R&T § 3712 preserves them — they ride along to the buyer

Forgetting the City of Riverside surtax. In-city parcels owe an extra $0.55/$500 city transfer tax on top of the state $0.55/$500. Both added at closeout, not negotiable

Missing the May 1, 2026 1:00 PM PT cutoff. Terms PDF states "No Exceptions" — late payment forfeits the $5,000 deposit

Recorder (official records search): https://webselfservice.riversideacr.com/Web/action/ACTIONGROUP2111S1

Assessor parcel search: https://ca-riverside-acr.publicaccessnow.com/Search.aspx

RivCoView (assessment, sales, permits): https://rivcoview.rivcoacr.org/

Map My County GIS: https://gis1.countyofriverside.us/Html5Viewer/?viewer=MMC_Public

Assessor parcel maps: https://www.rivcoacr.org/AssessorMaps

2026 Bid4Assets listing: https://www.bid4assets.com/storefront/RiversideCountyApr26

2026 Terms of Sale (PDF): https://countytreasurer.org/sites/g/files/aldnop296/files/2026-01/Terms%20of%20Sale.pdf

TC-223 sale page: https://countytreasurer.org/tc-223

Tax-defaulted inventory: https://countytreasurer.org/inventory-all-tax-defaulted-property

Redemption info: https://countytreasurer.org/redemption-information