Ray County sets Aug. 24 tax sale as delinquent-property list publication nears

Ray County has scheduled its 2026 tax sale for Monday, Aug. 24, establishing the next major date in the county’s delinquent-property process. The first publication of the delinquent lands list is planned for the week of July 20.

The list is scheduled to be published in both the Richmond Daily News and the Lawson Review, according to the official Ray County Collector site. That publication is the next identified step before the announced sale date.

Dates for property owners and potential bidders

For property owners whose parcels appear on the delinquent lands list, the July publication provides a point to check the county’s public notice before the Aug. 24 sale. The scheduled sale date creates a concrete deadline in the process, although the approved county material does not provide parcel-specific instructions, payment information or redemption details.

The schedule also gives potential bidders a public date to track. The county’s announcement establishes that a tax sale is planned, but it does not say that a particular property has already been sold or forfeited. Any sale remains a scheduled future event as of the approved information.

Richmond connection

The process is tied to Ray County government in Richmond, Missouri. The official collector site identifies Richmond as the county-seat location connected to the tax-collection process. A separate Ray County Planning and Zoning page identifies Lexington Street in Richmond as the county office location.

That Richmond connection identifies the jurisdiction for this notice. It does not establish that every parcel on the delinquent lands list is within Richmond city limits. The county’s process may involve properties elsewhere in Ray County, but the approved material does not provide the geographic distribution of the listed parcels.

Information still to come

The reviewed county material does not state how many properties will be included in the delinquent lands list or provide their addresses. It also does not identify how many Richmond residents, homeowners or other property owners could be affected.

Those details may become available when the first publication appears during the week of July 20. Until then, the confirmed timeline is limited to the announced publication and sale dates: the list is planned for publication in the Richmond Daily News and Lawson Review during the week of July 20, and Ray County’s 2026 tax sale is scheduled for Aug. 24.

The dates mark a public county process, not a completed transfer of property. Parcel-level information and the outcome of the sale are not included in the approved source material.