Lee County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Lee County, seat of Leesburg: 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 Lee County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Lee County Tax Commissioner's Office (Wendy David, Tax Commissioner)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Lee County's recent tax sales have all fallen on the first Tuesday in March. The Tax Commissioner's "Lee County Excess Funds Information Sheet @ 07-16-2026" lists sale dates of 3/3/2026, 3/4/2025, 3/7/2023 and 3/2/2021, each the first Tuesday of March. No upcoming date is posted as of July 2026, and the county tax portal's Tax Sale Parcels page reads "The Tax Sale Parcels listing is currently disabled." Confirm the next date with the Tax Commissioner before planning a trip.
Registration and deposit
Lee County publishes no bidder registration form, registration deadline, or online registration page. Confirm registration, accepted payment, and sale terms with the Tax Commissioner's office at (229) 759-6015 before the sale date.
No online auction platform is advertised for Lee County. Nothing on the Tax Commissioner site, the county site, or the county property tax portal names GovEase, Bid4Assets, or any other online bidding platform, so the sale appears to run in person under the terms in the published sale notice. No official Lee County page states the sale venue or start time, so confirm both with the office. The county tax portal does carry a Tax Sale Parcels list, but it is switched off between sales, which matches the absence of a currently scheduled sale. The "Delinquent Taxes" page on the Tax Commissioner site covers business personal property and boats only and is not the real property sale list. Winning bidders take a redeemable tax deed subject to the 12 month right of redemption at a 20 percent premium under O.C.G.A. 48-4-40 et seq.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Lee County
- Sale dates on the Tax Commissioner's excess funds sheet: March 3, 2026, March 4, 2025, March 7, 2023 and March 2, 2021. Every one is the first Tuesday in March, so budget for an annual March sale rather than a monthly one.
- The county property tax portal hosts the parcel list at leeproperty.assurancegov.com, but as of July 2026 it reports that the Tax Sale Parcels listing is disabled.
- The page labeled Delinquent Taxes on leegatax.com posts only a business personal property and boat delinquent list, dated 3-1-2026. It is not the real property tax sale list.
- Unpaid Lee County taxes become a tax fi. fa. recorded with the Clerk of Superior Court after 30 days, and the Tax Commissioner then has authority to levy on the property for non-payment.
- Excess funds from past Lee County sales are posted by the Tax Commissioner and totaled $272,493.11 as of July 16, 2026, including two 2026 parcels holding more than $120,000 each.
- Real property taxes are normally due December 20 each year, which sets the delinquency clock that feeds the following March sale.
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 Lee County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Lee County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Lee 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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