Liberty County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Liberty County, seat of Hinesville: 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 Liberty County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Liberty County Tax Commissioner, serving as ex-officio sheriff (James E. Sharp III)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Sales run on the first Tuesday of a month when parcels are levied. The Tax Commissioner states: "Tax sales are scheduled the first Tuesday of any given month and will take place in front of the Liberty County Justice Center, 201 S. Main St. Hinesville, Georgia at 10:00 A.M." Recent sale notices confirm the pattern: the December 2025 notice reads "on the first Tuesday in December 2025, the same being December 2, 2025" and the March 2025 notice reads "on the first Tuesday in March 2025, the same being March 4, 2025," each selling "between the legal hours of sale, 10:00 AM and 4:00 PM."
Registration and deposit
Register with the Tax Commissioner before the sale: "Those interested in participating in the tax sale must register prior to the tax sale." Bidding opens at the total taxes, fees, and interest on each parcel, and the parcel goes "to the highest bidder who can actually pay that amount by noon that day." Payment must be cash or a cashier's or certified check issued or certified by an FDIC or FSLIC insured institution (O.C.G.A. 9-13-166), and the purchaser must give the office a current mailing address on tender of payment. The sale notices add that "payment will be required within one (1) hour of the completion of the tax sale" and that an unpaid bid causes the parcel to be "re-offered at 2:00 PM on the day of the sale."
Liberty County runs its redeemable tax deed sale in person, by public outcry. There is no online auction platform. The sale notices place it "on the Courthouse steps, City of Hinesville, Liberty County, Georgia" while the Tax Commissioner's general information page gives the address as in front of the Liberty County Justice Center, 201 S. Main St., Hinesville, at 10:00 A.M., so confirm the meeting point with the office before sale day. Sales are advertised in the legal ads of the Coastal Courier once a week for four consecutive weeks before the sale. The county describes it as "a buyer beware sale and all property will be sold as is," with no warranty as to title and all parcels subject to recorded covenants, easements, and rights of way. Properties are "sold under the power of a tax sale deed with specific rights of redemption," and the office cites O.C.G.A. 48-4-45 through 48-4-48 for its tax sale proceedings. Buyers get a receipt at payment and a recorded tax deed in roughly three weeks, and are responsible for property taxes as they come due. The office states that its staff cannot give legal advice and recommends consulting an attorney before bidding. The Tax Sales page currently posts the March 4, 2025 and December 2, 2025 announcements, so check it for the next dated list.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Liberty County Tax Commissioner
112 N. Main St., Room 106, Hinesville, GA 31313 (mailing address: 100 Main Street, Suite 1545, Hinesville, GA 31313)
Official websiteNotes for Liberty County
- The county seat is Hinesville. The Tax Commissioner keeps a main office at 112 N. Main St., Room 106, Hinesville, open Monday through Friday 8:15 AM to 4:45 PM, and a branch office at 9397 E. Oglethorpe Hwy, Midway, GA 31320, phone 912-884-3500, open Monday through Friday 10:30 AM to 3:30 PM and closed for lunch 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.
- The Tax Commissioner is designated ex-officio sheriff in Liberty County and issues the fi. fa. executions that support each levy, so the same office both bills the taxes and cries the sale.
- The official county site at libertycountyga.gov lists the Tax Commissioner site as libertycountygatax.com; the older libertygatax.com domain now redirects to the Government Window portal, although sale notice PDFs still resolve on that host.
- The parcel lists live only inside the dated sale announcement PDFs on the Tax Sales page, so there is no standing delinquent tax list or over-the-counter inventory published online.
- libertycountygatax.com sits behind a Cloudflare browser challenge, so automated fetching of the site fails; the pages here were read in a real browser session.
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 Liberty County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Liberty County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Liberty 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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