How do you sell a house in Volusia County, Florida with a foreclosure, back taxes, or an inherited house?

The short answer

Yes. A house in Volusia County can be sold as-is for cash even when it comes with a foreclosure, back taxes, or an inherited house. None of those problems has to be fixed before a sale, and in most cases they are paid from the sale proceeds at closing. Howler Property Group is a Tampa-based company that buys houses directly from owners across Florida, including Volusia County. This page explains who handles what in Volusia County and where each situation fits.

Who handles what in Volusia County

• Court cases: Volusia County is part of Florida's Seventh Judicial Circuit. Foreclosure, probate and other circuit-court cases are filed through the Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and the clerk's online case search is public.
• County seat: DeLand.
• Deeds, mortgages and liens: the official records kept by the Volusia County Clerk show who holds title and what is recorded against it.
• Owner of record and parcel: the Volusia County Property Appraiser.
• Unpaid property taxes: the Volusia County Tax Collector.

Places we buy in Volusia County include Daytona Beach, Deltona, DeLand, Port Orange, Ormond Beach, New Smyrna Beach and Edgewater. Volusia County is in the Seventh Judicial Circuit, which it shares with Flagler, Putnam and St. Johns counties. The county seat is DeLand, but much of the population is on the coast around Daytona Beach and inland in Deltona, so owners often live in a different part of the county than the clerk's office.

If a Volusia County house is in foreclosure

A Florida foreclosure starts when the lender files a lawsuit in circuit court and records a lis pendens, a public notice that the property is in litigation. If the case ends in a final judgment, the clerk sells the property at a public sale, which in Volusia County is run through the Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court. Florida allows these judicial sales to be conducted online, and the Volusia County clerk's notice of sale lists the date for each case, so the date for your house is a public record.

• Before the sale: a Volusia County owner, like any Florida owner, generally keeps a right to pay off the judgment until the clerk files the certificate of sale (section 45.0315, Florida Statutes). An attorney can tell you the exact cutoff in your Volusia County case.
• Selling instead: if a sale of the Volusia County house closes before the auction date, the lender is paid from the proceeds and anything left after the payoff is yours, rather than waiting on a surplus claim with the Volusia County Clerk.
• After the sale: if the winning bid at a Volusia County sale exceeds the judgment, the surplus is held by the clerk and the former owner can ask for it, but that is slower and less certain than selling before the auction.

More on this: selling a house before a Florida foreclosure auction.

Back taxes and tax deeds in Volusia County

In Florida, unpaid property taxes become delinquent on April 1, a tax certificate is sold on the debt, and after the time set by law the certificate holder can apply for a tax deed. A tax deed sale is run by the Clerk of the Circuit Court, and in Volusia County the Volusia County Tax Collector can tell you what is owed on your parcel and whether a certificate has been sold.

The owner can generally pay what is owed before the sale, or sell the property and pay the taxes and certificates from the proceeds at closing. Step by step: how a Florida tax deed auction works and selling a house with back taxes.

Selling an inherited house in Volusia County

A Volusia County house that belonged to someone who died is usually sold by the estate's personal representative, whose authority comes from Letters of Administration issued by the probate court in the Seventh Judicial Circuit. It can be sold as-is, and the estate does not have to be closed first. Whether the house was the owner's homestead and what the will says can change the steps, so the estate's attorney should confirm them for your family.

Read more: can you sell a house in probate in Florida and selling an inherited house in Florida.

What selling to a direct buyer looks like

1. You tell us the Volusia County address and what is going on. A person reads every message.
2. We look at the house and the Volusia County public records, then explain our offer and how we reached it. There is no obligation.
3. If you accept, the sale is put in a written contract and closed through a title company or attorney, with the deed recorded in Volusia County.
4. Any mortgage payoff, liens and back taxes on the property are paid from the proceeds at closing, and the rest is yours.

In Volusia County we buy as-is, with no repairs, no clean-out and no agent. If you would rather talk it through first, call (813) 610-6460.

Nearby counties we cover: Seminole County, Lake County.

Written 2026-10-26. This page is general information, not legal or tax advice, and we are not a law firm. For your own deadlines and rights, talk to a Florida attorney.

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