Calhoun County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Calhoun County, seat of Morgan: 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 Georgia tax sales work, the difference between a lien and a deed, and redemption periods.
How Calhoun County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Calhoun County Tax Commissioner
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No sale calendar is published online. Calhoun County's official website lists the Tax Commissioner only as a phone and fax contact, and the county's GovtWindow site is a property tax payment portal with no tax sale section, so no county-specific sale date could be verified. Georgia redeemable tax deed sales run on the first Tuesday of the month at the county courthouse under O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4, but that timing is the statewide default and was not confirmed on any Calhoun County page. Call the Tax Commissioner at (229) 849-2970 to confirm whether a sale is scheduled.
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration process is published. The county posts no registration form, deposit rule, or online bidder portal. Contact the Tax Commissioner's office ahead of any advertised sale to confirm what registration and payment terms apply.
Calhoun County appears to run its tax sale IN PERSON at the courthouse in Morgan. No online auction platform was found: the county's only web presence for taxes is the GovtWindow payment portal (current property tax payments), the county offices directory, and the qPublic assessor site, none of which reference an auction vendor. Levy and sale in Georgia are carried out by the Tax Commissioner acting as ex officio sheriff, or by the Sheriff; the Calhoun County office directory lists both offices, but no county page states which one cries the sale. Delinquent sale notices for this county are advertised in the legal organ newspaper rather than on a county web page, so the advertised list is not available online. Verify everything by phone before bidding.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Calhoun County
- Tax Commissioner is Denise Varnum. Office address 31 Court Street, Morgan, GA 39866, phone 229-849-2970, per the county's GovtWindow tax payment portal.
- The official county offices directory lists Tax Commissioner phone (229) 849-2970 and fax (229) 849-0099, Sheriff's Office (229) 849-2555, and Superior Court Clerk (229) 849-2715. The Board of Commissioners mailing address is P.O. Box 226, Morgan, Georgia 39866.
- Calhoun County has no standalone Tax Commissioner website. Candidate hosts calhouncountytax.com and calhouncountygatax.com do not resolve, and calhouncountyga.com/offices/tax-commissioner/ returns 404.
- The Georgia DOR County Property Tax Facts page for Calhoun lists the county website as calhouncountyga.com and contains no tax sale specifics.
- The qPublic assessor site (Chief Appraiser Adriane Ashley, 10903 Dickey St / P.O. Box 191, Morgan, GA 39866-0191, phone 229-849-4685) covers valuation only and directs tax bill questions to the Tax Commissioner. Its general info and links pages contain no tax sale, levy, or redemption content.
- A November 2024 Calhoun County tax sale legal notice previously existed on the Albany Herald classifieds site but now returns 404, so it could not be used as a source.
- calhouncountyga.governmentwindow.com returns HTTP 403 to direct automated fetches; the page content cited here was read through a text extraction proxy of the same URL.
Georgia statewide 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 Calhoun County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Calhoun County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Calhoun County hold tax deed sales?
- annual. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
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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