Geneva County, AL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Geneva 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 state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 27, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Geneva County, seat of Geneva: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Not scheduled.
- Registration
- No registration instructions for the tax lien auction are published on the county site.
- County office
- (334) 684-5650
On this page
How Geneva 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
- Geneva County Revenue Office, Mary Ann Ellison, Revenue Commissioner and tax collecting official
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The Revenue Office has not posted a date for its tax lien auction.
- Registration
- No registration instructions for the tax lien auction are published on the county site.
- Next expected
- between March 1 and June 15, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No registration instructions for the tax lien auction are published on the county site. The last published instructions covered the earlier in person property tax sale: "Please arrive at 9:00am to register," bring a bank line of credit or cash, and opening bids begin at the amount due and increase in $100 increments. An older notice asked bidders to "arrive at 9:00 am to register and bring a letter of credit." The archived notice directs bidders to call (334) 684-5650 for registration instructions. Call the Revenue Office to confirm the current process, deposit, and whether the auction is online or at the courthouse.
Sale format and venue
Geneva County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Geneva 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 Geneva County state-held tax delinquent land transcript (Alabama DOR) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Not scheduled. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.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 Geneva County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Geneva County state-held tax delinquent land transcript (Alabama DOR). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No registration instructions for the tax lien auction are published on the county site. The last published instructions covered the earlier in person property tax sale: "Please arrive at 9:00am to register," bring a bank line of credit or cash, and opening bids begin at the amount due and increase in $100 increments. An older notice asked bidders to "arrive at 9:00 am to register and bring a letter of credit." The archived notice directs bidders to call (334) 684-5650 for registration instructions. Call the Revenue Office to confirm the current process, deposit, and whether the auction is online or at the courthouse.
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)
Geneva County Courthouse, 200 N. Commerce Street, P.O. Box 326, Geneva, AL 36340
Official websiteCounty notes
- Geneva County declared its intent to run a tax lien auction under Title 40-10-180(b) Code of Alabama for delinquent taxes for the year 2023-2024 forward, so the county sells liens rather than the land itself.
- The Revenue Office is the tax collecting official for the county. Mary Ann Ellison signs the tax lien auction notice; her direct line is (334) 684-5651 and the office lines are (334) 684-5650 and (334) 684-5602. Office hours are listed as Mon-Thur (7am-6pm).
- Taxes are due and payable each year on October 1 and become delinquent January 1, per the Revenue Office general information page.
- The county's Tax Sale Info page is out of date. It still displays a notice about the 2018 property tax sale being postponed to May 7, 2019, so do not treat any date on that page as current.
- No online auction platform is published for Geneva County. Past sales were conducted in person at the Geneva County Courthouse at 10:00 am, with bidder registration starting at 9:00 am.
- The Revenue Office posts updated paid property lists to its Facebook page, and directs bidders to call (334) 684-5650 to confirm a parcel is still available before the sale.
- Property already sold to the state appears on the Alabama Department of Revenue's weekly Geneva County transcript and is purchased by submitting an electronic price quote application to the state, with payment due within 10 calendar days of the quote date.
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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