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Boone County property data
Where Boone County's property records live, how its tax and foreclosure sales work, and what Deedplat puts on one map, including Columbia.
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Where the records are
The county offices an investor deals with in Boone County, and what each one puts online.
Deeds and mortgages
Boone County Recorder of Deeds. After free registration, anyone can search and view real estate documents from 1965 to present free of charge, plus images of the handwritten index books back to 1821; official copies and older documents cost money, with an optional subscription for bulk purchases.
Owners and values
Boone County Assessor. Real property assessment records can be searched free on the Assessor's site, along with parcel, aerial photo and plat book map viewers.
Tax sales
Boone County Collector. The Collector posts the list of properties subject to the August tax sale, a parcel viewer of those properties, and lists of properties sold in past sales, all free.
Foreclosure sales
Boone County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process Unit. The Sheriff serves court-ordered civil papers and offers an online civil process status search; most Missouri mortgage foreclosures are trustee sales that do not go through the Sheriff.
Parcel maps
Boone County Assessor Parcel Viewer. The Assessor offers a free online parcel viewer for the whole county, alongside aerial photo, plat book and PLSS viewers.
How property is sold here
Boone County follows Missouri's rules, with its own calendar and offices. Read the Missouri guide for how the state works.
Tax sales
Missouri sells tax liens, not the property: at the Boone County tax sale the winning bidder gets a certificate of purchase, and the owner has one year to redeem by paying the bid plus 10% annual interest. The sale is held each year on the fourth Monday in August at 10:00 AM in the County Commission Chambers of the Roger B. Wilson Boone County Government Center in Columbia, bidders must attend in person, and payment by cash, cashier's check, money order or bank draft is due right after the sale. The list is published in a local newspaper for three weeks before the sale and posted on the Collector's website; if the property is not redeemed, the certificate holder can apply for a collector's deed after meeting title search and notice rules.
Foreclosure sales
Most Boone County mortgage foreclosures are nonjudicial trustee sales under a deed of trust, held at the courthouse in Columbia on the date set in the notice, with notices published in a local newspaper before the sale.
Assessed values
The Boone County Assessor places reassessed real estate values on the tax rolls in odd-numbered years, and in even years only new construction and improvements are added.
Transfer tax
Missouri has no real estate transfer tax, so there is no state, county or city tax on deeds in Columbia; buyers pay only Recorder of Deeds recording fees.
Worth knowing
Columbia, home of the University of Missouri, holds most of the county's population and rental demand.
Worth knowing
Tax sale buyers get a lien, not ownership: liens on the property are not wiped out at the sale, and the buyer cannot take possession during the one-year redemption period.
Worth knowing
Non-residents of Missouri may not bid at the tax sale unless they make arrangements with the Collector beforehand, and certificates can only be assigned to Missouri residents.
Every town in Boone County
The cities, towns and townships inside the county line.
- Ashland city
- Centralia city
- Clark city
- Columbia city
- Hallsville city
- Harrisburg town
- Hartsburg town
- Huntsdale town
- McBaine town
- Pierpont village
- Rocheport city
- Sturgeon city
Questions
Where are deeds recorded in Boone County?
Deeds are recorded by the Boone County Recorder of Deeds in Columbia. Real estate documents from 1965 on can be searched and viewed free online after you register an account.
When is the Boone County tax sale?
The Boone County tax certificate sale is held every year on the fourth Monday in August at 10:00 AM in the County Commission Chambers at the Roger B. Wilson Government Center in Columbia. The list is on the Collector's website and in a local newspaper for three weeks before.
How do I find who owns a property in Boone County?
Use the Boone County Assessor's real property search or the county Parcel Viewer. The deed itself can be pulled from the Recorder of Deeds online search service.
Are Boone County property records online?
Yes. Recorded real estate documents from 1965 on, assessment records, tax sale lists and parcel maps are all online, and viewing them is free.
Sources for this guide
Office hours, fees and sale dates change. We checked these sources in October 2026; confirm with the county before you act.
Every parcel in Boone County, on one map
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