Montgomery County, GA tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •Tax Commissioner is Renee Wooten-Perry, term ending 1/1/2029, per the county department page staff directory. Email rperry@montcoga.gov. Office fax 912-583-4724.
• •Two sets of office hours are published. The county department page lists Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. The Tax Commissioner's own website lists Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Confirm by phone before visiting.
• •The county website directs taxpayers to the Tax Commissioner's site: "To view tax bills online or access property tax information, please visit the Tax Commissioner's website https://www.montgomerycountypay.com/."
• •Real estate and business personal property taxes are due November 15 each year beginning in 2018 per the Tax Commissioner's FAQ. The General Information page separately states property taxes are due by December 20 each year. The two county pages conflict, so verify the current year due date with the office.
• •Mobile and manufactured homes are due April 1 each year. Past due mobile homes accrue interest on the 15th of each month at prime plus 3% divided by 12, with a 10% penalty added April 2 and a fi. fa. filed in the Clerk of Courts office 30 days from the delinquent notice date.
• •Montgomery County Board of Tax Assessors is at 303 South Richardson Street, Mount Vernon, GA 30445, mailing P.O. Box 156, phone 912-583-4131. Assessor is Julie Adams. The Board of Assessors meets the third Thursday of each month at the Montgomery County Government Annex, 251 S. Richardson St., Room 102, Mount Vernon.
• •Montgomery County Sheriff's Office is at 208 East Broad Street, Mount Vernon, GA 30445, mailing P.O. Box 277, phone 912-583-2321. The Sheriff's page publishes no tax levy or sale notices.
• •The county website montcoga.gov is behind a Cloudflare browser challenge and cannot be read by a plain HTTP fetch. The Tax Commissioner's site montgomerycountypay.com and the Government Window portal are also bot filtered. All facts here were read in a real browser session on 2026-07-26.
• •The Board of Assessors posts a notice that Montgomery County offers no local homestead exemptions, only the standard state exemptions. The Tax Commissioner's General Information page still states the county has local exemptions. The two official pages conflict on this point.

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.O.C.G.A. 48-4-40, who may redeem and when (2024 Code of Georgia)O.C.G.A. 48-4-40Verified Jul 30, 2026

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.O.C.G.A. 48-4-1, Procedures for sales under tax levies and executions (2024 Code of Georgia)O.C.G.A. 48-4-1Verified Jul 30, 2026

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.O.C.G.A. 48-4-5, Payment of excess (2024 Code of Georgia)O.C.G.A. 48-4-5Verified Jul 30, 2026

Governing statute

O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4Official Code of Georgia Annotated, public access published for the Georgia General Assembly by the Georgia Code Revision CommissionO.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4Verified Jul 25, 2026

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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