Colquitt County, GA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Colquitt County, GA tax sale, one of 2,553 counties in 30 states. Georgia sells redeemable deeds carrying a 20% penalty in the first year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Jul 27, 2026.
Colquitt County Tax Commissioner tax sale news, sale calendar, courthouse auction rules, redemption, and office contacts
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- Next sale
- Not published online.
- Registration
- Not published online.
- County office
- (229) 616-7410
Every displayed fact carries a source badge. Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state pages.How we verify
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How Colquitt County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Colquitt County Tax Commissioner
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published online.
- Registration
- Not published online.
When it runs
Not published online. The Tax Commissioner's site gives no sale calendar, month, or sale date. It states only the delinquency path: "If taxes are not paid on the property, it may be levied upon and ultimately sold." Georgia levy sales run on the first Tuesday of the month at the courthouse under O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4, Article 1, but Colquitt publishes no county-specific date, so an investor must call the Tax Commissioner to confirm whether a sale is scheduled and when.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
No online auction platform found and none claimed by the county, so treat this as an in-person courthouse sale. The Tax Commissioner's official site (colquittcountytax.com, hosted by Government Window) has no tax sale, delinquent list, or excess funds section at all: the Property Tax menu carries only General Information, Homestead Exemption, Tax Bill Information, and FAQs. The Government Window portal at colquittcountyga.governmentwindow.com/tax.html is bill search and payment only and contains no tax sale content. The county government site (colquittcountyga.gov) returns no tax sale, delinquent, or levy pages, and the Sheriff's Office page carries no sheriff or levy sale listings. Confirmed county-specific facts: the Tax Commissioner is the levying office ("If the property taxes remain unpaid, the Tax Commissioner has the right and responsibility to levy on the property for non-payment"), and "If taxes remain unpaid, a tax lien (FiFa) will be recorded on the General Execution Docket (GED) in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court." Property tax due date is December 10 each year; interest accrues at 1% per month after December 10 and a 10% penalty applies to taxes unpaid within 90 days of the deadline, with homesteaded property under a $500 liability exempt from the 90-day penalty. The office also warns that it "does not mail delinquent tax bills on a monthly basis, only at certain intervals," so the delinquent inventory is not exposed through a posted list. Sale advertising is therefore likely to appear only in the county legal organ and at the courthouse, not on a county web page.
Source: Colquitt County Tax Commissioner - Tax Bill Information (due date, liens/FiFa, delinquent bills)· Verified Jul 27, 2026
Colquitt County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Colquitt 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. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Get the advertised list
Colquitt County publishes no tax sale list online. The Colquitt County Tax Commissioner advertises the parcels ahead of the sale rather than posting them, so the list reaches bidders through the county legal newspaper and the office itself. Call (229) 616-7410 to ask for the current advertisement.Register to bid
Sale day
Not published online. 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 Colquitt County Tax Commissioner as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Colquitt County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
There is no online list to price against. Colquitt County advertises the parcels before the sale rather than posting them, so get the advertisement from the office on (229) 616-7410 and price from the parcel numbers it carries.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Georgia due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Georgia before you price the title work.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.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Tax Commissioner is Cindy S. Harvin; Gina Crosby is Deputy Tax Commissioner (both named on the county's Government Window pages).
- Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fax is (229) 668-8371.
- The county government site lists the Tax Commissioner mailing address as 101 East Central Ave, P.O. Box 99, Moultrie, GA 31776-0099, while the Tax Commissioner's own site uses ZIP 31768. Prefer the office site value.
- Property tax deadline is December 10 each year; mobile home deadline is April 1.
- Related offices: Colquitt County Tax Assessor, 101 East Central Avenue, Office 135, Moultrie, GA 31776, (229) 616-7425, cocotax@colquittcountyga.gov. Colquitt County Sheriff's Office, 200 Veterans Parkway N., P.O. Box 188, Moultrie, GA 31788, (229) 616-7430; its site posts no sale listings.
- Property records run through qPublic (qpublic.net/ga/colquitt), which was Cloudflare-blocked during this research and carries assessment data, not sale listings.
- No GovEase, RealAuction, or Bid4Assets presence was found for Colquitt County; the GovEase public auction list showed no Colquitt entry.
- Re-verify by phone before publishing any sale date. No sale timing is available from any official Colquitt County web source as of this research.
Georgia rules
- Redemption
- The right to redeem runs for 12 months from the date of the sale and does not end there. It continues after the year until the tax deed purchaser forecloses it by serving and publishing the statutory barment notice, which cannot be started until 12 months have passed. The purchaser delivers the notice to the sheriff at least 45 days before the redemption deadline named in it, and publishes it once a week for four consecutive weeks in the six months immediately before that deadline. Redemption puts title back in the defendant in fi. fa. subject to the liens that existed at the sale, and the purchaser must execute and record a quitclaim deed. Title under a tax deed recorded on or after July 1, 1996 ripens by prescription four years after recording. Judicial in rem foreclosures under Article 5 run on a different clock: the owner has 60 days after the sale to redeem by paying the minimum bid price into the superior court.
- Deed deposit
- Georgia sets no statewide percentage deposit. A purchaser at a judicial sale may tender cash or a cashier's or certified check drawn for the purchase price and issued or certified by a federally insured financial institution. Counties publish their own payment terms, and many require payment in full at the close of the sale, so confirm the terms with the tax commissioner before bidding.
- Surplus proceeds
- Excess funds left after taxes, costs, and the expenses of the sale belong to the former owner and to recorded lienholders in order of priority. The officer who sold the property must mail notice of the excess funds by first-class mail within 30 days to the record owner at the time of the sale, to the holder of each security deed, and to every other party with a recorded equity interest or claim, and may file an interpleader action in superior court. Funds still unclaimed five years after the sale are paid over to the Georgia Department of Revenue, after which only a court order from an interpleader action releases them.
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
Does Colquitt County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Georgia sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the county sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Colquitt County hold tax deed sales?
Colquitt County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not published online. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Georgia's redemption rule: 12 months from the date of the sale, and after that until the purchaser bars the right to redeem. Call the Colquitt County Tax Commissioner as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
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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