Lumpkin County, GA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Lumpkin 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.
Lumpkin County Tax Commissioner tax sale news, sale calendar, courthouse auction rules, redemption, and office contacts
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- Next sale
- The Tax Commissioner publishes no sale calendar online.
- County office
- 706-864-2666
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How Lumpkin County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Lumpkin County Tax Commissioner (Mike Young)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The Tax Commissioner publishes no sale calendar online.
When it runs
The Tax Commissioner publishes no sale calendar online. The office's own "Tax Sale Overage List" records a "Date of Sale" for each sold parcel: 08/06/2019, 09/07/2021, 09/06/2022, 09/03/2024 and 09/02/2025. Every one of those dates is a first Tuesday, and the five most recent fall in September, so buyers should expect a first-Tuesday sale, most often in September, and confirm with the office.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Lumpkin County sells a redeemable tax deed under O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4. Research on official sources confirmed the office and past sale dates but found no dedicated tax sale page. The Tax Commissioner website (lumpkincountytax.com) has only Home, General Information, FAQs, Motor Vehicles, News, Links, Contact and a Search and Pay Taxes portal; there is no tax sale, delinquent tax or bidder page, and requests for /tax-sales.html and /delinquent-taxes.html both return 404. The county website's Tax Commissioner page and its Notices page carry no sale information, and the county calendar showed no tax sale event. No online auction platform was found on any official source, so no platform URL is asserted here; nothing verified contradicts the Georgia default of an in-person, first-Tuesday sale cried at the courthouse, but no county page states the venue, so confirm it with the office. The only sale-related document the office publishes is the Tax Sale Overage List, which names excess funds from prior sales rather than upcoming parcels. The delinquent and upcoming-sale list is not posted online; Georgia sales are advertised in the county legal organ. Process language on the office site: "When taxes remain unpaid for more than 90 days after their due date, the taxes are subject to a tax fifa (lien) being recorded in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court" and "If the property taxes remain unpaid, the Tax Commissioner has the right and responsibility to levy on the property for non-payment" (FAQs); "If taxes are not paid on the property, it may be levied upon and ultimately sold" (General Information).
Source: Lumpkin County Tax Commissioner, Tax Sale Overage List (PDF, excess funds with Date of Sale column)· Verified Jul 27, 2026
Lumpkin County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Lumpkin 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
Use Tax Sale Overage List (excess funds, PDF) 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
The Tax Commissioner publishes no sale calendar 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 Lumpkin County Tax Commissioner (Mike Young) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Lumpkin County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Sale Overage List (excess funds, PDF). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
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: Mike Young. Office hours Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. for lunch (source: lumpkin-tc-general, lumpkin-county-tc-page).
- Fax 706-867-6010; email mike.young@lumpkincounty.gov (source: lumpkin-county-tc-page, lumpkin-tax-flyer-2026).
- Tax billing and payment run on the Government Window platform at lumpkincountyga.governmentwindow.com; that portal returned HTTP 403 to automated fetching and was not verified. Government Window support is listed as 1-877-575-7233 (source: lumpkin-tc-general).
- Excess funds from past sales are listed by date of sale, map and parcel, owner and overage amount, with balances on the current list ranging from $1,727.84 to $123,086.85 (source: lumpkin-tc-overage-list).
- Clerk of Superior Court (where tax fi. fa. liens and deeds are recorded): Rita Harkins, 325 Riley Road, Room 108, Dahlonega, GA 30533, 706-864-3736 ext. 2426. Verified at https://lumpkincounty.gov/170/Clerk-of-Superior-Court.
- Web search quota for this session was exhausted before research began, so findings come only from directly fetched official pages. A follow-up pass should confirm the sale venue, whether any online platform is used, and bidder registration terms by phone or by checking the county legal organ.
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 Lumpkin 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 Lumpkin County hold tax deed sales?
Lumpkin County holds its tax deed sale once a year. The Tax Commissioner publishes no sale calendar 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 Lumpkin County Tax Commissioner (Mike Young) 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 Lumpkin County tax sale list?
Lumpkin County posts its tax sale list at images-governmentwindow.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.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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