Tallapoosa County, AL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Tallapoosa 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 Tallapoosa County, seat of Dadeville: 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
- County office
- (256) 825-7818
On this page
How Tallapoosa 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
- Tallapoosa County Revenue Commission, Revenue Commissioner Eva Middlebrooks, the county tax collecting official
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Annual, held online.
- Next expected
- between March 1 and June 15, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Registration opens on the platform ahead of the sale, and payment terms are set with the county first. The FAQ states "Bidder registration will be available March 10, 2026" and warns that "Payment information must be arranged with the Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner's office prior to you becoming an accepted bidder." Absentee channels are not offered: "No. All accepted bidders must participate in the online tax lien auction at GovEase.com." Bidding is a reverse auction on the interest rate. "The beginning interest rate bid shall not exceed a rate of 12%" and "The bids will be in 1% increments until no bidder continues to bid lower or until the interest rate reaches 0%." If more than one bidder remains at 0 percent, "the winning bid shall be determined by a random number generator." Each lien stays open 30 seconds, and a bid in the last 10 seconds resets the clock for another 10 seconds. Accepted payment is "Cashier's check, money order, cash or credit card," and the winner "must remit full and final payment of funds to the Revenue Commissioner's office no later than 4:00PM the day of the sale." Registration and training questions go to 256-825-7818 ext. 2.
Sale format and venue
Tallapoosa County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Tallapoosa 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 View Delinquent Taxes (tax lien auction notice and list) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.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 Tallapoosa County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from View Delinquent Taxes (tax lien auction notice and list). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Registration opens on the platform ahead of the sale, and payment terms are set with the county first. The FAQ states "Bidder registration will be available March 10, 2026" and warns that "Payment information must be arranged with the Tallapoosa County Revenue Commissioner's office prior to you becoming an accepted bidder." Absentee channels are not offered: "No. All accepted bidders must participate in the online tax lien auction at GovEase.com." Bidding is a reverse auction on the interest rate. "The beginning interest rate bid shall not exceed a rate of 12%" and "The bids will be in 1% increments until no bidder continues to bid lower or until the interest rate reaches 0%." If more than one bidder remains at 0 percent, "the winning bid shall be determined by a random number generator." Each lien stays open 30 seconds, and a bid in the last 10 seconds resets the clock for another 10 seconds. Accepted payment is "Cashier's check, money order, cash or credit card," and the winner "must remit full and final payment of funds to the Revenue Commissioner's office no later than 4:00PM the day of the sale." Registration and training questions go to 256-825-7818 ext. 2.
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
- Office hours are listed as "Monday through Friday | 8 a.m. - 5 p.m." The county page also lists direct lines for Collections at (256) 825-7818, Assessing and Exemptions at (256) 825-7831, Appraisal at (256) 825-1072, Mapping at (256) 825-1099, and Personal Property at (256) 825-1606. Registration and unsold-lien questions route to 256-825-7818 ext. 2.
- The county department page still carries a legacy collection timetable reading "April - Advertise for sale" and "May - Tax sale," while also stating "Tallapoosa County holds an online tax lien auction each year." The dated tax lien documents control: the 2025 tax year auction ran April 7, 2026 on GovEase. Verify the current year by phone.
- The delinquent tax page repeats the statutory fee language, "AN ADMINISTRATIVE FEE OF FORTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($45), EFFECTIVE UPON THE PREPARATION OF THE TAX" lien auction list, and cites Ala. Code sections 40-10-182 and 40-10-184.
- The advertised list is published as a PDF headed "INCLUDED HEREIN IS A LIST OF ASSESSMENTS UPON WHICH TAXES FOR THE YEAR 2025 REMAIN UNPAID... IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 40-10-182(b), CODE OF ALABAMA," dated 02/23/2026. Columns are customer name, parcel number, PPIN, legal description, assessed value, tax due, fees due, and total due.
- Research is on the buyer. The FAQ states "it is your responsibility to independently research any property in which you are interested to determine property value and whether there are any liens, encumbrances, title defects, etc. The Revenue Commission does not assist in research." Parcels can be searched by owner, address, PPIN, or parcel ID at www.tallapoosapropertytax.com or on the county public GIS site.
- Liens left unsold after the online auction may also move to a private sale: "Any unsold liens will be subject to a private lien sale occurring after the online auction has completed."
- Property sold to the state under the older tax sale regime is handled separately by the Alabama Department of Revenue Property Tax Division. Buyers request a price quote and then have "10 calendar days from the date on the price quote to remit your payment." The state issues an assignment of the tax sale certificate if it has held the property less than three years, or a tax deed after three years, and neither conveys clear title. That channel is separate from the county GovEase lien 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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