Haralson County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Haralson County, seat of Buchanan: 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 Haralson County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Haralson County Tax Commissioner's Office (Tax Commissioner Natasha Overbey Pope)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published online. As of July 2026 neither the Tax Commissioner page nor the county Public Notices page carries a tax sale date, calendar, or advertisement. Georgia levy sales are held on the first Tuesday of the month under O.C.G.A. Title 48 Chapter 4 Article 1, but no Haralson County sale date was confirmed on any official page. Call the Tax Commissioner at 770-646-2020 to confirm the next sale.
Registration and deposit
Bidders register with the county tax commissioner or tax collector under the terms published for each sale. Bidding is a price auction to the highest bidder, and Georgia sets no statewide deposit percentage. 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. Many counties require payment in full at the close of the sale, so confirm the county's payment deadline and accepted funds before bidding.
Haralson County has no tax sale page. The Tax Commissioner's site covers digest preparation, ad valorem billing and collection, motor vehicle tags, and payment options only, with no delinquent list, no sale list, and no bidder instructions. The county payment link haralsoncountypay.com redirects to a Government Window portal that offers Property Taxes payment only, with no tax sale or excess funds module, so it is a payment vendor and not an auction platform. No online auction platform was found on any official county page, so nothing supports an online sale here; treat the sale as conducted by the Tax Commissioner's office in Buchanan and verify the format by phone. A Georgia Public Notice search restricted to Haralson County returned July 2026 Superior Court interpleader notices captioned RE: TAX SALE EXCESS FUNDS naming Natasha Pope in her official capacity as Tax Commissioner of Haralson County, which confirms this office runs the county's tax sales even though no current sale advertisement was found in the database for the past 24 months. The county's legal organ is The Haralson Gateway-Beacon.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Haralson County Tax Commissioner's Office
4276 Georgia Highway 120, Buchanan, GA 30113 (mailing: PO Box 330, Buchanan, GA 30113)
Official websiteNotes for Haralson County
- Tax Commissioner: Natasha Overbey Pope. Office at 4276 Georgia Highway 120, Buchanan, GA 30113; mailing address PO Box 330, Buchanan, GA 30113. Phone 770-646-2020, fax 770-646-8677. Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
- No tax sale page exists on haralsoncountyga.gov. The site sitemap lists only Tax Commissioner, Tax Calculations and Exceptions, and 2023 Property Tax Credit under the tax heading, and the Document Center has no tax sale or excess funds category.
- The county Public Notices page carried a single item when checked in July 2026: the 2025 Tax Digest and 5-Year History of Levy dated March 10, 2026. No tax sale advertisement was posted.
- haralsoncountypay.com redirects to haralsoncountyga.governmentwindow.com, a Government Window payment portal whose only module is Property Taxes. It lists the Tax Commissioner as Natasha O. Pope, 4276 GA Hwy 120, Buchanan GA 30113, 770-646-2020. It is captcha-gated and blocks plain HTTP clients.
- qpublic.net/ga/haralson is the Board of Tax Assessors property record site (search records, exemptions, forms). It carries no delinquent or sale list.
- Payment and penalty facts from the Tax Commissioner page: property taxes are due Dec. 1 each year, mobile home taxes due April 1, interest accrues monthly at a rate tied to the prime rate, and penalties accrue every 120 days after the due date at 5% per adjustment period capped at 20%.
- Georgia Public Notice search limited to Haralson County over the last 24 months found no tax sale or ex officio sheriff sale advertisement for this county, only mortgage foreclosure notices and tax sale excess funds interpleader petitions brought by the Tax Commissioner. Note that this database is a reference copy and not the official publication under O.C.G.A. § 9-13-140.
- Haralson County Board of Commissioners: 155 Van Wert Street, Buchanan, GA 30113, 770-646-2002. Sheriff's Office: 137 Hayes Glass Drive, Bremen, GA 30110, 770-646-2011.
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 Haralson County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Haralson County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Haralson 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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