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Gwinnett County, GA tax sales

Tax Sale Atlas maps the Gwinnett 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 the county’s own official pages on Jul 27, 2026.

Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner tax sale news, sale calendar, courthouse auction rules, redemption, and office contacts

New to tax sales? Read how Georgia tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.

Next sale
The office lists Upcoming Tax Sales of August 4, October 6, and December 1, 2026, and states that.Tuesday · 2026
Format
In person
Registration
Bidders must register with the Tax Commissioner's office before the sale begins.
County office
770-822-8800
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How Gwinnett County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Georgia counties sell the property under a tax execution rather than auctioning tax lien certificates.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner (Property Tax Department)
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
The office lists Upcoming Tax Sales of August 4, October 6, and December 1, 2026, and states that.
Registration
Bidders must register with the Tax Commissioner's office before the sale begins.
Sale list
Delinquent Tax List (all delinquent Gwinnett accounts, real and personal property, updated frequently)
When it runs
"Tax sales may be held on the first Tuesday of any month, though the tax commissioner generally only holds sales in a few selected months throughout the year." The office lists Upcoming Tax Sales of August 4, October 6, and December 1, 2026, and states that "All tax sales take place in front of the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center at 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville 30046 at 10:00 am."
Registration and deposit

Bidders must register with the Tax Commissioner's office before the sale begins. The bidder packet states you "must register to bid at the Tax Commissioner's Office inside the Justice and Administration Center prior to the start of the tax sale. No one will be allowed to register outside at the sale." Registration opens two weeks before the sale, the sale "starts promptly at 10 a.m." and "REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ONCE THE SALE STARTS," so the office recommends arriving no later than 9:45 a.m. The Bidder Registration Form speeds this up but "cannot be submitted online; it must be submitted in person to the Tax Commissioner's Office" with a copy of a current driver's license or other photo ID. Pre-registered bidders still have to appear the morning of the sale to collect a bid number, and no one may bid without one. The name entered as "Tax Deed Recorded Name" is printed on the deed and cannot be changed after deeds are issued.

Sale format and venue
Gwinnett runs a live, in-person outcry sale on the courthouse steps. There is no online auction platform: properties are cried in front of the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center at 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, starting at 10:00 a.m. Sales are advertised in the Gwinnett Daily Post for four consecutive weeks before the sale date. Properties go "to the highest and best bidder," defined as the bidder who bids the most and can actually pay that day. The opening bid equals the taxes due plus costs. Payment must be certified funds (cash, cashier's check, or certified check drawn on an FDIC or FSLIC insured institution). The Tax Commissioner issues and records a tax deed in the purchaser's name, but the buyer does not immediately own the property: the owner or any party with a legal interest has one year from the sale date to redeem by paying the purchase price plus 20 percent, plus any subsequent taxes the purchaser paid. After that year the purchaser is encouraged to foreclose the right of redemption with written notice. The purchaser is responsible for property taxes coming due after the sale. A per-sale property list is posted ahead of each auction; the current one is the August 2026 tax sale list at https://www.gwinnetttaxcommissioner.com/documents/d/egov/august-2026-tax-sale-web-list, headed "Tuesday, August 4, 2026, Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner" and dated 7/21/2026. The office also publishes 2021 to 2026 tax sale results and a tax sale excess funds list. The Tax Commissioner does not transfer tax liens in bulk to third-party investors, and does not host foreclosure sales.
Source: Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner, Tax Liens & Tax Sales (updated 7/16/2026)· Verified Jul 27, 2026

Gwinnett County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Gwinnett 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Delinquent Tax List (all delinquent Gwinnett accounts, real and personal property, updated frequently) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Bidders must register with the Tax Commissioner's office before the sale begins. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    The office lists Upcoming Tax Sales of August 4, October 6, and December 1, 2026, and states that. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner (Property Tax Department) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Gwinnett County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Delinquent Tax List (all delinquent Gwinnett accounts, real and personal property, updated frequently). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidders must register with the Tax Commissioner's office before the sale begins. The bidder packet states you "must register to bid at the Tax Commissioner's Office inside the Justice and Administration Center prior to the start of the tax sale. No one will be allowed to register outside at the sale." Registration opens two weeks before the sale, the sale "starts promptly at 10 a.m." and "REGISTRATION WILL NOT BE ALLOWED ONCE THE SALE STARTS," so the office recommends arriving no later than 9:45 a.m. The Bidder Registration Form speeds this up but "cannot be submitted online; it must be submitted in person to the Tax Commissioner's Office" with a copy of a current driver's license or other photo ID. Pre-registered bidders still have to appear the morning of the sale to collect a bid number, and no one may bid without one. The name entered as "Tax Deed Recorded Name" is printed on the deed and cannot be changed after deeds are issued.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner, Property Tax Department

770-822-8800

P.O. Box 372, Lawrenceville, GA 30046-0372 (physical office: 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA 30046)

Official website

County notes

  • Gwinnett is an in-person county. Despite being a large metro Atlanta jurisdiction, it has not moved to an online auction platform: bidding happens live in front of the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center at 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, at 10:00 a.m.
  • Registration cannot be completed online. The Bidder Registration Form must be delivered in person to the Tax Commissioner's office with photo ID, registration opens two weeks before the sale, and it closes the moment the sale starts. Arrive by 9:45 a.m. to be sure of a bid number.
  • Sales are not monthly. The statute allows the first Tuesday of any month, but Gwinnett schedules only a few per year. The 2026 dates posted by the office are August 4, October 6, and December 1.
  • Winning bidders pay same day in certified funds. Personal checks, credit cards, and bank cards are not accepted, and a successful bidder who fails to pay may face legal action and a ban from future Gwinnett tax sales.
  • The name given as "Tax Deed Recorded Name" on the registration form is printed on the deed exactly as written and cannot be changed after the deed is issued, so entity vesting must be decided before registering.
  • Gwinnett sells a redeemable deed, not fee title. The owner or any lienholder has one year to redeem at the purchase price plus 20 percent, plus any post-sale taxes the buyer paid, and the buyer must foreclose the right of redemption to become the deeded owner.

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.
Governing statute
O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4

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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Frequently asked questions

Does Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett County hold tax deed sales?

Gwinnett County holds its tax deed sale once a year. The office lists Upcoming Tax Sales of August 4, October 6, and December 1, 2026, and states that. 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 Gwinnett County Tax Commissioner (Property Tax Department) 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.

Where can I find the Gwinnett County tax sale list?

Gwinnett County posts its tax sale list at gwinnetttaxcommissioner.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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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