Florida Tax-Delinquent Parcels: Counties, Certificates and Dollars Owed (2026)

Property tax goes delinquent on April 1, the certificate sells by June 1, and two years later the certificate holder can force a tax deed. Every step is on the tax collector's public roll. DLRadar reads those rolls county by county into a delinquency feed, and this report counts the parcels, the certificates and the money owed.

69,864 delinquent parcels across 63 counties; 10,613 carry a sold certificate and 28,458 are two or more years behind.
$129.7 million owed on the 43,573 parcels where the collector publishes an amount.
24,848 tax-lien records sit in the official-record index beside the roll; 24,635 pool parcels carry the TL flag.
Putnam County has the most delinquent parcels at 11,002; feed refreshed October 16, 2026.

TL-signal: the TL signal figures as of 2026-10-20; Florida tax collector delinquent rolls read into the DLRadar delinquency feed.

County	Parcels	With certificate	Owed where published
Putnam County	11,002	0	$20.5 million
Washington County	9,089	3,043	not published
Highlands County	7,967	0	$9.4 million
Polk County	4,301	0	$14.1 million
Baker County	2,576	651	not published
Broward County	2,447	0	$17.8 million
Jefferson County	2,316	555	not published
Leon County	2,306	0	$3.0 million
Levy County	2,222	0	$3.9 million
Marion County	2,181	0	$5.0 million
Hendry County	1,682	0	$6.5 million
Bradford County	1,609	1,160	not published

Tax-delinquent parcels by county from the collector rolls.

Tax-delinquent parcels, top counties

Counties, certificates and amounts

Putnam County 11,002 parcels, 0 with certificates, $20.5 million owed; Washington County 9,089 parcels, 3,043 with certificates; Highlands County 7,967 parcels, 0 with certificates, $9.4 million owed; Polk County 4,301 parcels, 0 with certificates, $14.1 million owed; Baker County 2,576 parcels, 651 with certificates; Broward County 2,447 parcels, 0 with certificates, $17.8 million owed.

Stages on the roll

A parcel can be delinquent for the current year only, carry a sold certificate, or be two or more years behind and eligible for a tax deed application. The feed stores the oldest and newest year owed, the certificate flag and the amount where the collector publishes it, so the stage is explicit on each row.

Delinquency as a leading signal

Owners stop paying tax before they stop paying the mortgage, because the penalty is slower. A parcel with two years owed and no mortgage is the cleanest motivated-seller lead in the state. The county column shows where those parcels concentrate.

Work the TL signal

The statewide tax-delinquent list carries every parcel with a street address, and the hub shows the live counts by county.

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TL parcels update as the records refresh.

Florida Tax-Delinquent Parcels: Counties, Certificates and Dollars Owed (2026): questions

Is the amount owed the full payoff?

It is the delinquent amount the collector lists, which includes interest to the list date. Redemption adds certificate interest and fees.

Why do some counties show no amount?

Those collectors publish the delinquent parcel list without a dollar figure. The parcel is still counted; the amount is left blank rather than estimated.

How is the sellable list different from this count?

The sellable list keeps only parcels with a street address and a certificate, tax deed or published amount, which is the subset a buyer can act on.

More on the TL signal

Florida Tax-Delinquent Parcels: Counties, Certificates and Dollars Owed (2026) (TL-signal) is fed by Florida tax collector delinquent rolls read into the DLRadar delinquency feed and is not legal advice. Nothing in the TL signal is tax or investment advice; verify every TL-signal record with the issuing office before acting.