Chilton County, AL tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Chilton County, AL tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Alabama sells tax lien certificates paying up to 12%. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
How tax lien sales work in Chilton County, seat of Clanton: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Alabama tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next tax deed sale
- Not scheduled.
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How Chilton County sells delinquent taxes
From lien to deed
Alabama holds no routine county tax deed auction under the tax lien regime. A holder of all the sold, unexpired, outstanding tax lien certificates on a parcel may file an action in circuit court to foreclose the right to redeem and quiet title, but only once four years have passed since the tax lien auction and no later than ten years after it. The holder must mail a notice of intent at least 30 days and no more than 180 days before filing, to the owner of record, every recorded lienholder, the tax collecting official, and anyone else who may reasonably be believed to hold an interest.
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Chilton County Revenue Commissioner (Tim Little), Chilton County Revenue Commission
- Frequency
- annual
- Next expected
- between March 1 and June 15, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Chilton County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Chilton 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
No link to the county's sale list is on record here. Get the current list from the Circuit court of the county rather than relying on a copied one.Register to bid
Ask the Circuit court of the county how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
Not scheduled. No auction platform is on record here for Chilton County. Confirm the next sale date, the platform or venue and the registration window with the Circuit court of the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Circuit court of the county as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Chilton County
4 checks
Confirm the parcel list before pricing
This page has no link to the county's sale list. Ask the Circuit court of the county where the list is published and confirm the advertised parcels before you price a bid.Confirm registration and deposit
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Alabama due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.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.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold certificates
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. Every state has its own name for what goes unsold, so check what Alabama calls its leftover tax-sale inventory.
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County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Chilton County Revenue Commission (Revenue Commissioner Tim Little)
Mailing: P.O. Box 1760, Clanton, AL 35046. Office: 53 Robert Threlkeld Parkway, Clanton, AL 35045. Hours 8:00am to 4:00pm, Monday to Friday.
Official websiteCounty notes
- County seat is Clanton. The Revenue Commissioner's office consolidates assessment and collection, so one office handles the delinquent roll and the tax sale.
- The Revenue Commission's home and Contact Us pages give its new address as 53 Robert Threlkeld Parkway, Clanton, AL 35045, while its Real Property page still names 500 2nd Avenue North for in-person payment. Use the Robert Threlkeld Parkway address for visits.
- The office lists no voicemail on its collections lines, so email revenuecommissioner@chiltoncounty.org if calls go unanswered.
- No auction platform, bidder registration form, deposit schedule, sale venue or current delinquent list is published online for this county. Confirm these by phone before the sale.
- Between sales, tax-delinquent Chilton parcels already held by the State of Alabama can be bought year round from the Alabama Department of Revenue by price quote.
Alabama 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
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I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Verified Oct 6, 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 office that runs the sale before you bid.
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