Can I buy tax liens over the counter in Cochise County?

Yes. Parsell has 11,514 over-the-counter liens in Cochise County: liens that didn't sell at auction, which the treasurer assigns to buyers directly. You pay the back taxes and earn interest if the owner pays them off. In Arizona, a certificate nobody bid on keeps the 16% maximum rate.

What do you get at a Arizona tax sale?

A tax lien, not the land. The owner has at least three years to pay off the certificate. After three years the holder can foreclose in court, after a 30-day notice. The court orders the treasurer to issue a deed.

Arizona · Tax lien state

Cochise County, Arizona over-the-counter tax liens

Parsell has 11,514 over-the-counter liens in Cochise County, Arizona right now.

See Cochise County on the map How Arizona sales work

Free to browse, no account needed. Counts as of October 28, 2026.

Listings: 11,514; Over-the-counter liens
How it sells: Over the counter; No auction date
Median lien amount: $680; $23 to $190,670
Median size: 0.83 ac; Largest 41.2 acres

What's for sale in Cochise County

Over-the-counter liens
11,514
Liens that didn't sell at auction. You pay the back taxes and earn interest if the owner pays you back.

Taxes owed

Under $1,0008,223
$1,000 to $5,0002,922
$5,000 to $25,000342
$25,000 and up27

Screened before you bid

Parsell checks every listing against FEMA flood maps, the National Wetlands Inventory, road data and the assessor's record. Open the map to see the screen on each one.

7,105 of 11,514 touch a mapped road.
4,409 of 11,514 have no mapped road access, so check for an easement.
290 of 11,514 are 5 acres or more.
11,432 of 11,514 are bare land, with no building on the assessor's record.

How the Cochise County sale works

Cochise County sells these directly, with no auction date.

Cochise County over-the-counter list

Parsell doesn't run the sale. Every listing links to the county's sale page or the auction platform, where you register and bid.

Arizona rules in brief

Arizona sells tax liens called certificates of purchase. Each county treasurer holds one sale a year, online in most counties on RealAuction's arizonataxsale.com sites. Bidders bid the interest rate down, and certificates nobody buys can be bought over the counter afterwards.

Redemption, interest and title in Arizona

Parcel data for Cochise County

Property lines and county records for all 122,930 parcels in Cochise County, listed or not. A free account opens the parcel summary on each one: owner, acreage, assessed value, sales history and the Parsell Estimate. Zoning is on 69% of them. Run a report on any of them for buildability, comparable sales, title and liens.

Cochise County tax sale questions

Can I buy tax liens over the counter in Cochise County?: Yes. Parsell has 11,514 over-the-counter liens in Cochise County: liens that didn't sell at auction, which the treasurer assigns to buyers directly. You pay the back taxes and earn interest if the owner pays them off. In Arizona, a certificate nobody bid on keeps the 16% maximum rate.
What do you get at a Arizona tax sale?: A tax lien, not the land. The owner has at least three years to pay off the certificate. After three years the holder can foreclose in court, after a 30-day notice. The court orders the treasurer to issue a deed.