Haralson County, GA tax sales

County offices

County notes

• •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, email taxcomm@haralsoncountyga.gov. Hours Monday to Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
• •No tax sale page exists on haralsoncountyga.gov, and the county does not publish a delinquent tax list or tax sale list online.
• •Property taxes are paid online through haralsoncountypay.com, a payment service with no tax sale or excess funds function.
• •Property records, including ownership and assessed values, are on the Board of Tax Assessors site at qpublic.net/ga/haralson (770-646-2022). The Assessors set values only; tax and sale questions go to the Tax Commissioner.
• •Property taxes are due Dec. 1 each year and mobile home taxes 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 compiles legal notices from Georgia newspapers for reference only; the official publication is the county legal organ, The Haralson Gateway-Beacon, under O.C.G.A. § 9-13-140. Its Haralson County listings show tax sale excess funds interpleader petitions brought by the Tax Commissioner but no tax sale advertisement in the two years before July 2026.
• •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 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.O.C.G.A. 48-4-40, who may redeem and when (2024 Code of Georgia)O.C.G.A. 48-4-40Verified Jul 30, 2026

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.O.C.G.A. 48-4-1, Procedures for sales under tax levies and executions (2024 Code of Georgia)O.C.G.A. 48-4-1Verified Jul 30, 2026

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.O.C.G.A. 48-4-5, Payment of excess (2024 Code of Georgia)O.C.G.A. 48-4-5Verified Jul 30, 2026

Governing statute

O.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4Official Code of Georgia Annotated, public access published for the Georgia General Assembly by the Georgia Code Revision CommissionO.C.G.A. Title 48, Chapter 4Verified Jul 25, 2026

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.

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