Hale County, AL tax sales
How tax lien certificate sales work in Hale County, seat of Greensboro: 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.
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How Hale County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
- Run by
- Hale County tax collecting official (Andretta Skipper). The county website presents the office as "Revenue Commissioner"; the Alabama Department of Revenue county-office directory lists Andretta Skipper as Tax Collector and Mary Hamilton as Tax Assessor for Hale County.
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No auction date or month is published on the county website. The Revenue Commissioner page states only that the office "must advertise and hold a tax sale once a year for any unpaid taxes on real estate or any special assessments." The tax lien notice fixes the method, not a date: "please accept this notice as a declaration of my intentions to conduct a Tax Lien Auction and Sale for the collection of delinquent taxes for the year 2021-2022 forward." Call the office at 334-624-8341 to confirm the current auction date.
- Next expected
- between March 1 and June 15, 2027 (window; exact date posts closer to the sale)
Registration and deposit
Not published. No bidder registration form, deposit requirement, or platform sign-up page appears anywhere on halecountyal.gov, and the county site search returns only the single tax lien notice page. Prospective bidders should contact the tax collecting official at 334-624-8341 for registration terms and the advertised sale notice.
Hale County has elected the tax lien auction method. Its official notice cites Title 40-10-180(b) Code of Alabama, under which "the tax collecting official of each county shall have the sole authority to decide whether his or her county shall utilize the sale of a tax lien or the sale of property to collect delinquent property taxes," and declares the intent to run a Tax Lien Auction and Sale for delinquent taxes from 2021-2022 forward. No auction platform could be verified. The notice points to the tax collecting official's website at hale.capturecama.com, and the Alabama Department of Revenue county directory links the same host as Hale County's Citizen Access Portal, but that host refused connection on every attempt during this research, so no platform URL is reported. Nothing found indicates whether the sale runs online or in person; treat the venue as unconfirmed and verify with the office. The state-held inventory route is separate: the Department of Revenue sells state-held tax delinquent property by price quote, and its Hale County transcript retrieved on this run (report date 07/20/2026) listed no parcels, which is consistent with liens being auctioned to investors rather than property being struck off to the state.
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
Notes for Hale County
- Hale County publishes one tax sale document online: the Title 40-10-180 notice electing the tax lien auction method for delinquent taxes from 2021-2022 forward. It carries no date, no platform, and no bidder terms.
- The county's own portal host, hale.capturecama.com, is linked from both the county notice and the Alabama Department of Revenue county-office directory, but it did not respond during this research. Investors should plan on phone contact with the tax collecting official.
- The Alabama Department of Revenue directory lists two separate Hale County offices at the courthouse: Mary Hamilton, Tax Assessor, 334-624-3854, and Andretta Skipper, Tax Collector, 334-624-8341. The tax collector is the office that runs the lien auction.
- Hale County's state-held delinquent land transcript from the Department of Revenue was empty on the 07/20/2026 report, so there is currently no state-held (sold to state) inventory to price-quote in this county.
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 Hale County, Alabama sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Hale County follows Alabama's tax lien state system.
When is the Hale County tax certificate sale?
- No auction date or month is published on the county website. The Revenue Commissioner page states only that the office "must advertise and hold a tax sale once a year for any unpaid taxes on real estate or any special assessments." The tax lien notice fixes the method, not a date: "please accept this notice as a declaration of my intentions to conduct a Tax Lien Auction and Sale for the collection of delinquent taxes for the year 2021-2022 forward." Call the office at 334-624-8341 to confirm the current auction date.. 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 Hale 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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