Chambers County, AL tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Chambers County, seat of LaFayette: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
Verified Jul 27, 2026 against official county and state sources.
New here? Read how Alabama tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.
How Chambers County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Chambers County Revenue Commissioner (Elizabeth T. Abney), the consolidated assessor and tax collector office for Chambers County
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Late April, at 10:00 AM Central, at a date set by decree of the Chambers County Probate Court. The county's own delinquent listing carries the statutory notice: "IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 40-10-12 THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF A TAX SALE AUCTION FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR ON ALL UNPAID PROPERTIES FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY", with the auction stated as "4/27/2026 at 10:00 AM CST". The published legal notice for the same sale gives the venue as the "CHAMBERS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE" on April 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT. The prior cycle ran a year earlier: the Revenue Commissioner's news page states "2024 Tax Sale Auction to be held on Monday, April 28, 2025!"
- Next expected
- between March 1 and June 15, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration form or pre-registration procedure is published on the Revenue Commissioner's website. The statutory notice describes an in-person sale conducted for cash at the courthouse by the tax collector under decree of the Probate Court. Confirm bidder requirements and funds accepted with the Collections office at (334) 864-4396 before the sale date. Owners can pay delinquent taxes online to pull a parcel from the sale: the county's news page states "Payments can be made online at alproptax.com until April 27 at 9 PM" (the day before the 2025 sale).
Chambers County runs the traditional Alabama tax sale under Title 40, Chapter 10, Article 1 rather than the Article 7 online tax lien auction. The county's notice cites Code of Alabama 40-10-12 (the tax sale notice section), and the published legal notice places the sale at the Chambers County Courthouse in LaFayette, conducted for cash. THE SALE IS IN PERSON: no online auction platform was verified for this county, and no GovEase or comparable auction listing for Chambers County was found. Do not treat alproptax.com as an auction site. It was fetched and confirmed to be a property tax payment portal ("We provide this fast and convenient online service in partnership with your local county office"), used by owners to pay delinquent bills before the sale. Parcels that draw no bidder are struck to the State of Alabama. That state-held inventory is sold by the Alabama Department of Revenue Property Tax Division through a price quote application covering all 67 counties, with weekly PDF transcripts, and the buyer receives an assignment if the state has held the parcel under three years or a tax deed if over three years, with the ADOR page cautioning that "neither an assignment nor a tax deed gives the holder clear title to the parcel." The Revenue Commissioner's news page was still showing the April 28, 2025 sale date at the time of research, so the delinquent listing page is the fresher county source for the current cycle. Two offices serve the county: the LaFayette courthouse (8:00am to 4:30pm CST) and the Lanett Annex (8:00am to 5:00pm EST, (334) 644-2035). In person at the Chambers County Courthouse, LaFayette (no online auction platform found)
From lien to deed
- Run by
- Circuit court of the county; the circuit clerk executes the deed
- Frequency
- none (court action, not a scheduled auction)
- Typical timing
- Not scheduled. A certificate holder may file no earlier than four years after the tax lien auction and no later than ten years after it
Alabama counties on the tax lien auction method hold no separate tax deed auction. Title passes only through a circuit court action to foreclose the right to redeem and quiet title, which ends in a circuit clerk's deed. A person entitled to redeem can answer that action by demanding a public auction instead, in which case the court sets a minimum bid equal to the redemption amount plus back taxes and allowed costs, and any surplus goes to the owner. A county that instead elects the Article 1 property tax sale sells the land itself at the courthouse and the judge of probate issues a deed after three years. Confirm which method your county uses.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
Liens that draw no bid at the auction stay with the county. At any time after the auction date the tax collecting official may sell an unsold lien at private sale for no less than all taxes, interest, penalties, costs and fees due, plus any amount owed to a prior certificate holder. The rate is agreed with the tax collecting official and cannot exceed 12 percent, so over-the-counter liens often carry the full rate. Ask the county for its list of unsold liens.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter certificates work.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Chambers County Revenue Commissioner (Chambers County Revenue), Elizabeth T. Abney
(334) 864-4390 (Revenue Commissioner); (334) 864-4396 (Collections); (334) 864-4389 (Assessments)
2 LaFayette Street, Suite A, LaFayette, AL 36862
Official websiteNotes for Chambers County
- Chambers County uses the Article 1 tax sale path, not an Article 7 online tax lien auction. Per Code of Alabama 40-10-180 each county elects between the two regimes, and the county's own notice cites 40-10-12, the tax sale notice section.
- The 2025 tax year sale is set for April 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT at the Chambers County Courthouse in LaFayette. The prior cycle ran April 28, 2025.
- No online bidding platform is used. Bidders attend at the courthouse and the sale is conducted for cash.
- alproptax.com appears on the county site but is a tax payment portal for owners, not an auction platform. It should never be labeled as the sale platform.
- The delinquent real property listing is hosted on the county's ingproperty.com online services subsite and is linked from the Revenue Commissioner's home page. A separate business personal property delinquent list exists at https://www.ingproperty.com/Chambers_Revenue/DelinquentBPP.aspx (not fetched).
- Unsold parcels are struck to the State of Alabama and move to the Alabama Department of Revenue Property Tax Division state-held inventory, purchasable by price quote application with a 10 calendar day payment window.
- No bidder registration procedure, deposit requirement, or over-the-counter process is published on the county website. Those details need a phone call to Collections at (334) 864-4396.
- Real estate taxes become delinquent January 1 and interest accrues at 1% per month per the county's general information page.
Alabama statewide rules
- Redemption
- A tax lien can be redeemed at any time before the circuit court enters judgment in a foreclosure action, and the holder cannot file that action until four years after the auction or the tax official's private sale. If the holder does not commence a foreclosure action within ten years of the auction or sale, the certificate expires and the lien becomes void. A certificate holder has no right to enter or possess the property, make repairs, or charge rents before it receives the circuit clerk's deed. In a county that uses the Article 1 property tax sale instead, land sold to a purchaser other than the state may be redeemed within three years from the date of sale, and land bid in for the state may be redeemed at any time before title passes out of the state.
- Surplus proceeds
- In a court-ordered auction the proceeds pay the cost of the auction first, then the certificate holder up to the redemption amount plus taxes it paid before filing and the court-allowed costs and fees. Any surplus goes to the owner or the owner's heirs or successors as the court determines, and Alabama's unclaimed property law applies to whatever is left. In a county that instead uses the Article 1 property tax sale, the excess over the decree is held in a separate county account for three years for a party who redeems, and Section 40-10-28 opens later windows in which the owner or a redeeming party can claim it.
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 Chambers County, Alabama sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Chambers County follows Alabama's tax lien state system.
When is the Chambers County tax certificate sale?
- Late April, at 10:00 AM Central, at a date set by decree of the Chambers County Probate Court. The county's own delinquent listing carries the statutory notice: "IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE OF ALABAMA TITLE 40-10-12 THIS NOTICE IS TO INFORM YOU OF A TAX SALE AUCTION FOR THE 2025 TAX YEAR ON ALL UNPAID PROPERTIES FOR CHAMBERS COUNTY", with the auction stated as "4/27/2026 at 10:00 AM CST". The published legal notice for the same sale gives the venue as the "CHAMBERS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, IN THE CITY OF LAFAYETTE" on April 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM CT. The prior cycle ran a year earlier: the Revenue Commissioner's news page states "2024 Tax Sale Auction to be held on Monday, April 28, 2025!". Registration and bidding happen on the county's online platform. Always confirm the exact date with the Tax Collector before the sale.
How often does Chambers County hold tax deed sales?
- none (court action, not a scheduled auction). Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
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