Butler County, AL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Butler County, AL tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Alabama sells tax lien certificates paying up to 12%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from the county’s own official pages on Jul 27, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Butler County, seat of Greenville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Alabama tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Not scheduled.
- Format
- GovEase
- Registration
- Bidding is online only through GovEase.
- County office
- (334) 382-3221
On this page
How Butler County sells delinquent taxes
From lien to deed
Alabama holds no routine county tax deed auction under the tax lien regime. A holder of all the sold, unexpired, outstanding tax lien certificates on a parcel may file an action in circuit court to foreclose the right to redeem and quiet title, but only once four years have passed since the tax lien auction and no later than ten years after it. The holder must mail a notice of intent at least 30 days and no more than 180 days before filing, to the owner of record, every recorded lienholder, the tax collecting official, and anyone else who may reasonably be believed to hold an interest.
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Butler County Revenue Commission (Revenue Commissioner Annie Glenn Braden), acting as the county tax collecting official
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is online only through GovEase.
- Next expected
- between March 1 and June 15, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is online only through GovEase. Per GovEase's Alabama tax lien auction documentation, bidders create an account at govease.com and then, during the county's designated registration window, "electronically submit county-specific registration documents to the county via the GovEase Auction Portal," including a W-9. GovEase notes that for Alabama counties "ALL payments and payment arrangements MUST be made through the county tax office," so winning bidders settle with the Butler County Revenue Commission rather than the platform. Alabama auctions are bid-down-interest: bidding opens at 12% simple interest annually, prorated monthly, in 1% decrements down to 0%, and "the winner is determined by the lowest interest bid placed." Ties at 0% are broken by random selection; ties above 0% go to the first bidder. GovEase also runs a pre-bid period before the live auction.
Sale format and venue
Butler County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Butler County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised list
Use Butler County property tax schedule and tax lien auction notice (county page where the delinquent list is advertised) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Not scheduled. Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Circuit court of the county; the circuit clerk executes the deed as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Butler County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Butler County property tax schedule and tax lien auction notice (county page where the delinquent list is advertised). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is online only through GovEase. Per GovEase's Alabama tax lien auction documentation, bidders create an account at govease.com and then, during the county's designated registration window, "electronically submit county-specific registration documents to the county via the GovEase Auction Portal," including a W-9. GovEase notes that for Alabama counties "ALL payments and payment arrangements MUST be made through the county tax office," so winning bidders settle with the Butler County Revenue Commission rather than the platform. Alabama auctions are bid-down-interest: bidding opens at 12% simple interest annually, prorated monthly, in 1% decrements down to 0%, and "the winner is determined by the lowest interest bid placed." Ties at 0% are broken by random selection; ties above 0% go to the first bidder. GovEase also runs a pre-bid period before the live auction.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Alabama due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold certificates
Liens that draw no bid at the auction stay with the county. At any time after the auction date the tax collecting official may sell an unsold lien at private sale for no less than all taxes, interest, penalties, costs and fees due, plus any amount owed to a prior certificate holder. The rate is agreed with the tax collecting official and cannot exceed 12 percent, so over-the-counter liens often carry the full rate. Ask the county for its list of unsold liens.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Alabama calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
County notes
- Butler County elected the tax lien auction route under Code of Alabama 1975, § 40-10-180(b) by public notice dated August 26, 2020, covering delinquent taxes for 2020-2021 forward.
- Sale is 100% online at govease.com starting at 10:00 am; no in-person courthouse bidding under the lien-auction regime.
- County-published calendar: taxes due October 1, delinquent January 1, tax lien auction notices mailed and delinquent list advertised March 1, auction April 17 (year not printed on the county schedule).
- Alabama bid-down-interest mechanics on GovEase: opens at 12% simple annual interest, 1% decrements to 0%, lowest interest bid wins.
- Payments and payment arrangements go through the Butler County Revenue Commission, not GovEase.
- Office hours per the county site: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm; Wednesday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm; closed weekends.
- Alabama Department of Revenue lists a fax of 334-382-0385 for the Butler County Revenue Commissioner.
- Property tax lookup and online payment run through the county's third-party portal at ingproperty.com/butler_revenue/, which carries no delinquent or tax lien search.
- Pre-2020 tax-sale parcels may be state-held; those are bought by application through the Alabama DOR Property Tax Division, not through the county auction.
Alabama rules
- Redemption
- A tax lien can be redeemed at any time before the circuit court enters judgment in a foreclosure action, and the holder cannot file that action until four years after the auction or the tax official's private sale. If the holder does not commence a foreclosure action within ten years of the auction or sale, the certificate expires and the lien becomes void. A certificate holder has no right to enter or possess the property, make repairs, or charge rents before it receives the circuit clerk's deed. In a county that uses the Article 1 property tax sale instead, land sold to a purchaser other than the state may be redeemed within three years from the date of sale, and land bid in for the state may be redeemed at any time before title passes out of the state.
- Surplus proceeds
- In a court-ordered auction the proceeds pay the cost of the auction first, then the certificate holder up to the redemption amount plus taxes it paid before filing and the court-allowed costs and fees. Any surplus goes to the owner or the owner's heirs or successors as the court determines, and Alabama's unclaimed property law applies to whatever is left. In a county that instead uses the Article 1 property tax sale, the excess over the decree is held in a separate county account for three years for a party who redeems, and Section 40-10-28 opens later windows in which the owner or a redeeming party can claim it.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
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Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
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