Grady County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Grady County, seat of Cairo: 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 Grady County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
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Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Grady County Tax Commissioner (Jeff Worsham), the office responsible for billing and collection of ad valorem taxes and the office that publishes the county's excess funds from tax sale
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Grady County publishes no tax sale calendar or upcoming sale notice online. Its own "Grady County- Excess Funds From Tax Sale" report records past sale dates of 6/4/2019, 11/5/2019, 12/7/2021, 12/5/2023 and 12/3/2024, each a first Tuesday, with November and December the recurring months. Sales are occasional rather than monthly, so confirm the next date with the Tax Commissioner before planning a trip.
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration form, deposit rule, or sale terms are posted on the Tax Commissioner's page or the office's qpublic site. Call the Tax Commissioner at (229) 377-3322 for registration and payment requirements ahead of a sale.
No online auction platform appears anywhere on the Grady County Tax Commissioner page or on the office's qpublic site, and the county site carries no bidding portal link, so treat the sale as an in-person county sale and verify the location with the office. What the county does publish about its sales is after the fact: an excess funds report listing sale date, map-parcel, owner, purchaser, and surplus, plus a companion "what sold" file that adds the parcel address and sale amount, which together give bidders a record of prior sale dates and clearing prices. Grady is a small south Georgia county, so sale notices run in the legal organ rather than on a dedicated web page.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Grady County
- The Tax Commissioner's office is open Monday through Thursday, 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and closed Friday, so call before a Friday deadline.
- Property tax questions go to (229) 377-3322; the tag office uses a separate line, (229) 377-6155. Fax is (229) 377-5410.
- The Tax Commissioner's office is at 114 1st St NE in Cairo, which is a different address from the Board of Commissioners at 33 17th Ave NW.
- Property records search runs through qpublic (Schneider) under the Grady County GA Tax application, linked from both the county site and the office's own qpublic landing page.
- The excess funds report totals $225,730.22 across sales from 2019 through December 2024, which shows Grady sales regularly clear well above the tax due and generate surplus for the prior owner.
- The Sheriff's Office page lists no tax or levy sale information, so the Tax Commissioner is the office to contact.
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 Grady County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Grady County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Grady 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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