Chambers County, AL tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Chambers County uses the Article 1 tax sale path, not an Article 7 online tax lien auction. Per Code of Alabama 40-10-180 each county elects between the two regimes, and the county's own notice cites 40-10-12, the tax sale notice section.
• •The 2025 tax year sale is set for April 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT at the Chambers County Courthouse in LaFayette. The prior cycle ran April 28, 2025.
• •No online bidding platform is used. Bidders attend at the courthouse and the sale is conducted for cash.
• •alproptax.com appears on the county site but is a tax payment portal for owners, not an auction platform. It should never be labeled as the sale platform.
• •The delinquent real property listing is hosted on the county's ingproperty.com online services subsite and is linked from the Revenue Commissioner's home page. A separate business personal property delinquent list exists at https://www.ingproperty.com/Chambers_Revenue/DelinquentBPP.aspx (not fetched).
• •Unsold parcels are struck to the State of Alabama and move to the Alabama Department of Revenue Property Tax Division state-held inventory, purchasable by price quote application with a 10 calendar day payment window.
• •No bidder registration procedure, deposit requirement, or over-the-counter process is published on the county website. Those details need a phone call to Collections at (334) 864-4396.
• •Real estate taxes become delinquent January 1 and interest accrues at 1% per month per the county's general information page.

Alabama rules

Max interest rate

12% per year, bid down at auctionCode of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-184 - Auction procedures; winning bidsAla. Code § 40-10-184Verified Jul 25, 2026

Minimum return

No statutory minimum; interest accrues at your bid rateCode of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-184 - Auction procedures; winning bidsAla. Code § 40-10-184Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-193 - Redemption of a tax lienAla. Code § 40-10-193Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-28 - Disposition of excess arising from saleAla. Code § 40-10-28Verified Jul 25, 2026

Governing statute

Ala. Code § 40-10-180Code of Alabama 1975, Section 40-10-180 - Purpose; choice of remedy by tax collecting officialAla. Code § 40-10-180Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.

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