The county auction pages all use the same layout. Once you can read one, you can read all of them. Here is every field, in the order it usually appears.
Auction type
Tax deed, or the kind of foreclosure: mortgage, association, or other. On a tax deed page this is nearly always tax deed. On a foreclosure page this line tells you whose lien is being sold, which decides what survives.
Case number
The court case for a foreclosure, or the tax deed application number. Search it on the clerk's records site to read the whole file: the judgment, who was served, what was mailed.
Certificate number
Tax deed only. The tax certificate that started the application. It tells you which year's taxes went unpaid first.
Opening bid
On a tax deed, the debt: taxes, interest, fees, costs, plus half the assessed value if it was a homestead. On a foreclosure, this is often blank or a placeholder, since the lender bids its judgment. More on the opening bid.
See the numbers
| Under $5K | 533 |
| $5K to $10K | 131 |
| $10K to $25K | 98 |
| $25K to $50K | 40 |
| $50K to $100K | 16 |
| $100K and up | 14 |
Source: GovDeed, from county clerk sale results and the Florida Department of Revenue property roll · As of October 29, 2026
Parcel ID
The property appraiser's number for the land. Click it, or paste it into the appraiser's site, to see the square footage, the year built, the last sale, and a photo from the street.
Property address
Sometimes a full street address. Sometimes just a city and a ZIP. Sometimes nothing. A listing with no street number is usually vacant land. GovDeed's land deals page is built on that rule.
Assessed value
The county's number for taxing the property, usually well under market. On a foreclosure listing you get the final judgment amount instead: what the lender is owed.
Status
Waiting means it is scheduled. Running means bidding is open right now. Sold, redeemed and canceled mean what they say. Redeemed is the owner paying up before the sale closed.
Sold amount and sold to
After the sale, the winning bid and the winner's name or company. This is where the real prices live. GovDeed keeps every sold amount so you can see what parcels in a county actually went for.
The one thing the listing never says
The condition of the house, and who is living in it. Nobody from the county has been inside. Drive by. Assume repairs.
GovDeed puts every one of these fields on the parcel page, adds the ZIP rent and value, and links back to the county page so you can check the source.