Redemption means the owner pays what is owed and keeps the property. Some states let an owner do that for a year or more after the sale. Florida does not.
Tax deed: until the money lands
Florida Statute 197.472 lets the owner, or anyone with an interest in the property, redeem right up until the winning bidder's full payment reaches the clerk. Not the sale date. Not the gavel. The moment the money is in. A parcel can be auctioned, won, and then redeemed an hour later if the winner is slow to pay.
That is why GovDeed tracks a status of redeemed on every parcel, and why a sale day sometimes shows fewer parcels the morning of than it did the week before.
- Paid off before the sale (redeemed)1,624 · 44%
- Sold to an outside bidder736 · 20%
- Canceled or pulled235 · 6%
- No bid, struck to the county or certificate holder76 · 2%
- Result not read yet992 · 27%
See the numbers
| Paid off before the sale (redeemed) | 1,624 (44%) |
| Sold to an outside bidder | 736 (20%) |
| Canceled or pulled | 235 (6%) |
| No bid, struck to the county or certificate holder | 76 (2%) |
| Result not read yet | 992 (27%) |
Source: GovDeed, from county clerk sale results and the Florida Department of Revenue property roll · As of October 29, 2026
Foreclosure: until the certificate of sale
Florida Statute 45.0315 sets the line at the filing of the certificate of sale. The clerk usually files it the day of the auction or the next business day. Until then the owner can pay the full judgment amount plus costs and the sale is undone. After it, the owner's right is gone.
After the sale: nothing
Once a tax deed issues, or a certificate of title issues in a foreclosure, there is no redemption in Florida. A former owner can sue over a mistake in the process, like a notice that was never mailed. That is a lawsuit, not a right to pay and get the house back. On a tax deed, even that ends four years after the deed is recorded.
What this means when you bid
- A parcel you are watching can disappear the morning of the sale. Nothing is real until the county takes the winner's money.
- Pay fast. If a county gives you until the next day and you wait, you leave a window open.
- Do not plan around a redemption premium. Texas and Georgia pay a winning bidder a premium when the owner redeems. Florida does not, because there is nothing to redeem.
The GovDeed parcel page shows a change log. When a parcel is redeemed, you will see the date it happened.