Land Redemption

Duties and Responsibilities

The Land Redemption Department handles the collection of property taxes after the Tax Collector has sold them at a tax sale.

If a landowner does not pay his property taxes for any given year by the end of August, the land is sold for taxes. To redeem his property, the owner must pay taxes and penalties to the Land Redemption Department within two years of the date of the tax sale; otherwise the tax purchaser can claim title to the property. Land Redemption personnel send notices to landowners and mortgage-holders before the tax sale matures and issue tax deeds to the tax purchasers if the property is not redeemed.

This department also reviews homestead exemption applications and forwards the information to the State Tax Commission. Disallowed homestead exemptions are returned to this department for further action.

Other duties include supervising the printing of the land and personal property rolls each year and processing changes to these rolls for the Board of Supervisors.

*** 2023 TAXES ARE NOW MATURING *** TAXES NOT PAID BY THE MATURITY DATE WILL BE UN-REDEEMABLE BY ORIGINAL OWNER
TAX YEAR	MATURITY DATE	FINAL REDEMPTION DATE
2023	8/26/2026	8/26/2026
1ST NOTICE WILL BE SENT	2ND NOTICE WILL BE SENT	SHERIFF/CONSTABLES WILL SERVE NOTICES ON
3/23/2026	6/15/2026	4/1/2026

*** ERROR FINDING INFORMATION FOR TAXES MATURING THIS YEAR ***

Land Redemption - Judicial District 1
Mailing Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department PO Drawer CC Gulfport, MS 39502	Physical Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department 1801 23rd Ave Gulfport, MS 39501
Patty Johnson - Land Redemption Supervisor Phone: (228) 865-4031       Fax: (228) 214-1513 Email: pjohnson@co.harrison.ms.us
Land Redemption Phone: (228) 865-4033       Fax: (228) 214-1513
Rachel Mitchell - Land Redemption Clerk Phone: (228) 563-5326       Fax: (228) 214-1513 Email: rgmitchell@co.harrison.ms.us
Land Redemption - Judicial District 2
Mailing Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department PO Box 544 Biloxi, MS 39533	Physical Address Angela Thrash, Chancery Clerk Attn: Land Redemption Department 730 Dr. Martin Luther King, JR. Blvd Biloxi, MS 39530
Gloria Davis - Land Redemption Supervisor Phone: (228) 435-8220       Fax: (228) 435-8292 Email: gdavis@coharrison.ms.us
Lorie Berumen - Deputy Clerk Phone: (228) 435-8220       Fax: (228) 435-8292 Email: leberumen@co.harrison.ms.us