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Weber County ratifies 2025 tax sale; only two properties auctioned after outreach
Summary
County staff said the 2025 tax sale, required to recover delinquent taxes, resulted in only two properties being auctioned after outreach reduced the original list from 80; commissioners ratified the sale.
Weber County commissioners unanimously ratified the results of the county’s 2025 property tax sale on June 3, county staff said, after a process that began with 80 delinquent properties and ended with two parcels offered at auction.
Andy McCray, the county presenter on the tax sale, said tax sales are limited to collecting the taxes, penalties and interest owed on property; any amount bid above those sums is returned to the prior owner or turned over to the Utah Division of Unclaimed Property if the owner cannot be located. He told commissioners the county’s offices — including the clerk/auditor, recorder, surveyor, treasurer and county attorneys — plus the elections team and sheriff’s office, had worked together to prepare and secure the sale.
McCray said outreach and internal efforts reduced the number of properties at risk from 80 to two that were auctioned May 22; one was a landlocked parcel sold to an adjacent landowner and the other sold to the public. No properties were struck off to the county this year. McCray reminded commissioners that state code allows a 10-day window after a tax sale for anyone with concerns to submit them to the commission before the sale is ratified.
A commissioner asked for clarification whether the opening bid equals the taxes owed; McCray confirmed the opening bid represented the amount owed to the county and any excess goes to the prior owner or to the state’s unclaimed property division if the prior owner cannot be located. The commission then ratified the tax sale results.
