Colquitt County, GA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Colquitt County, GA tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 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 Oct 6, 2026.
Colquitt County Tax Commissioner tax sale news, sale calendar, courthouse auction rules, redemption, and office contacts
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- Next tax deed sale
- The county publishes no sale calendar or sale date.
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- The county publishes no bidder registration, deposit or payment terms.
- County office
- (229) 616-7410
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How Colquitt County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Colquitt County Tax Commissioner
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- The county publishes no sale calendar or sale date.
- Registration
- The county publishes no bidder registration, deposit or payment terms.
When it runs
The county publishes no sale calendar or sale date. Georgia tax levy sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month at the courthouse; call the Tax Commissioner at (229) 616-7410 to learn whether a sale is scheduled.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
No online auction platform is used; treat this as an in-person courthouse sale. The Tax Commissioner is the levying office: if property taxes remain unpaid, the office has the right and responsibility to levy on the property, and the property may be levied upon and ultimately sold. Taxes unpaid more than 30 days after the due date are subject to a tax lien (FiFa) recorded on the General Execution Docket in the Office of the Clerk of Superior Court. Taxes are due December 10. After the due date, interest accrues monthly at the bank prime loan rate plus 3 percent, and a 5 percent penalty is added 120 days after the due date and every 120 days after that, capped at 20 percent; homesteaded property with a bill under $500 is exempt from the penalty. The office mails delinquent bills only at certain intervals and posts no delinquent or sale list online.
Source: Tax Bill Information, Colquitt County Tax Commissioner· Verified Oct 6, 2026
Colquitt County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Colquitt 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.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use Sale notices run in the county legal organ newspaper; Georgia Public Notice lets you filter statewide notices by Colquitt County and the Tax Sales category as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Sale day
The county publishes no sale calendar or sale date. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the Colquitt County Tax Commissioner before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Colquitt County Tax Commissioner as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Colquitt County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open Sale notices run in the county legal organ newspaper; Georgia Public Notice lets you filter statewide notices by Colquitt County and the Tax Sales category. Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.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
County notes
- Tax Commissioner is Cindy S. Harvin; Gina Crosby is Deputy Tax Commissioner.
- Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fax is (229) 668-8371.
- The county government site lists the Tax Commissioner mailing address as 101 East Central Ave, P.O. Box 99, Moultrie, GA 31776-0099, while the Tax Commissioner's own site uses ZIP 31768. Prefer the office site value.
- Property tax deadline is December 10 each year; mobile home deadline is April 1.
- Related offices: Colquitt County Tax Assessor, 101 East Central Avenue, Office 135, Moultrie, GA 31776, (229) 616-7425, cocotax@colquittcountyga.gov. Colquitt County Sheriff's Office, 200 Veterans Parkway N., P.O. Box 188, Moultrie, GA 31788, main line (229) 616-7430; its page posts no sale listings.
- Property records run through qPublic (qpublic.net/ga/colquitt), which carries assessment data, not sale listings.
- No GovEase, RealAuction, or Bid4Assets presence is known for Colquitt County.
- No official Colquitt County web source publishes sale timing. Confirm any sale date by phone with the Tax Commissioner before bidding.
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 Colquitt 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 Colquitt County hold tax deed sales?
Colquitt County holds tax deed sales once a year. The county publishes no sale calendar or sale date. 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 Colquitt County Tax Commissioner 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 Colquitt County tax sale list?
The recorded official list reference is at georgiapublicnotice.com. Check whether it covers auction parcels, office information or Lands Available, then obtain the advertised parcel list for the sale you plan to bid on. Confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement.
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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