Quitman County, GA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Quitman 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.
Quitman County Tax Commissioner tax sale news, sale calendar, courthouse auction rules, redemption, and office contacts
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- Next sale
- Not published by the county.
- Registration
- No bidder registration process is published on the county's tax pages.
- County office
- 229-334-9000
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How Quitman County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Quitman County Tax Commissioner (Mindy Ward)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published by the county.
- Registration
- No bidder registration process is published on the county's tax pages.
When it runs
Not published by the county. The Tax Commissioner's Tax Sale page carries no date, no property list and no bidder instructions, only the office contact block. The office lists "Tax sales" and "Delinquent tax collection" among its duties, and the Property Tax FAQ warns delinquent taxpayers to pay in person "especially if legal action (levy and advertisement of tax sale) has already started." Georgia levy sales run on the first Tuesday of the month under O.C.G.A. Title 48 Chapter 4, but no Quitman County sale date was found on any official page. Confirm timing with the office at 229-334-9000.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Georgia sells a redeemable tax deed: the owner can redeem for 12 months at a 20% premium under O.C.G.A. Article 3. No online auction platform appears anywhere on Quitman County's official tax pages, so treat this sale as an in person courthouse sale conducted by the Tax Commissioner until the office says otherwise. The only tax sale artifact the county publishes is the Excess Funds spreadsheet under Property Tax Department, which confirms sales do happen here. Property taxes are due November 15, interest is added November 16 and accrues monthly on the 16th. A 5% penalty attaches 120 days past due and repeats every 120 days to a 20% cap. A 30 day notice of intent precedes the FiFa, and FiFas are recorded on the General Execution Docket of the Clerk of Superior Court for seven years.
Source: Georgetown-Quitman County Unified Government - Tax Commissioner· Verified Jul 27, 2026
Quitman County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Quitman 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 Excess Funds list (post-sale surplus, XLSX, updated April 2026) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Not published by the county. 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 Quitman County Tax Commissioner (Mindy Ward) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Quitman County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Excess Funds list (post-sale surplus, XLSX, updated April 2026). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.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
Quitman County Tax Commissioner
111 Main Street, Suite 3, Georgetown, GA 39854 (mailing: P.O. Box 583, Georgetown, GA 39854)
Official websiteCounty notes
- Quitman County and its seat, Georgetown, operate as a consolidated Georgetown-Quitman County government. The Georgia Department of Revenue county page points to www.gqc-ga.org for both the Tax Commissioner and the Board of Tax Assessors.
- The Tax Commissioner's duty list on the county government site includes "Delinquent tax collection" and "Tax sales," so the sale is levied and run out of that office rather than a separate sheriff's civil division.
- The office's dedicated Tax Sale page at quitmantax.org/tax-sale/ is an unfinished stub. It renders only the contact block, with no sale calendar, no advertised parcel list and no bidding rules.
- No auction platform, bidder portal or online bidding reference appears on any Quitman County tax page. Assume an in person courthouse sale and verify by phone.
- The Excess Funds spreadsheet under Property Tax Department was last modified April 2026, which shows tax sales are active in this county even though the sale calendar is not posted.
- Sale notices for a county this small run in the county legal organ newspaper rather than on the website, so calling 229-334-9000 is the practical way to learn of an upcoming sale.
- The About Us page prints 229-334-9000 as the phone and 229-234-3235 as the fax. Site footers list both numbers together, so use 229-334-9000 for voice contact.
- Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., closed for lunch from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
- Assessment and parcel research runs through a separate portal, quitmanproperty.assurancegov.com, linked from the Tax Commissioner site. It was not fetched and is not cited here.
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 Quitman 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 Quitman County hold tax deed sales?
Quitman County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not published by the county. 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 Quitman County Tax Commissioner (Mindy Ward) 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 Quitman County tax sale list?
Quitman County posts its tax sale list at quitmantax.org. 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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