Madison County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Madison County, seat of Danielsville: 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 Madison County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Madison County Tax Commissioner's Office
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No sale calendar is published by the county. The Tax Commissioner page confirms sales occur but gives no dates: "If your property has been sold at a Madison County Delinquent Tax Sale and are due excess funds for the same..." Georgia tax sales run on the first Tuesday of the month, and Madison County holds one only when parcels have been levied, so months vary. Third-party courtesy notices logged Madison County redeemable deed sales on 07/01/2025 (a first Tuesday) and 07/05/2023 (the Wednesday after the July 4 holiday), which points to a July cadence. Confirm every date with the office at 706-795-6385.
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration process, deposit rule, or payment term is published on the county website. Call the Tax Commissioner's office at 706-795-6385 ahead of a sale to confirm registration, identification, and funds requirements.
Madison County sells redeemable tax deeds in person. It uses no online auction platform. The Tax Commissioner's Office bills and collects property, mobile home, and timber taxes and administers the delinquent sale and the excess funds claim process. Two Bid4Assets pages carry courtesy notices of Madison County sales and both record the sale type as "Live/In Person"; Bid4Assets states on each page that it is not conducting the auction and is not affiliated with the sale, so those notices corroborate the in person format but are not the county's own publication. The county posts no levy list, sale list, or bidder packet online. The only sale related document the county publishes is the excess funds list plus an Application for Excess Funds Request form.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Madison County Tax Commissioner's Office
91 Albany Ave, Suite 14, Danielsville, GA 30633 (mailing: PO Box 217, Danielsville, GA 30633)
Official websiteNotes for Madison County
- Madison County publishes no tax sale page. The official Tax Commissioner page confirms a "Madison County Delinquent Tax Sale" exists, but it carries no sale dates, no levy list, no bidder rules, and no auction platform.
- Tax Commissioner Lamar Dalton leads the office. It sits in the Government Complex at 91 Albany Ave in Danielsville and is the county's single location for property, mobile home, and timber tax billing and collection. Office hours are Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm.
- Excess funds are the one sale artifact the county does publish. The Tax Commissioner page links a Remaining Excess Funds PDF plus an Application for Excess Funds Request form. The current PDF lists parcel, taxpayer, purchaser, starting bid, ending bid, and excess for past sales, which is a usable read on historical bidding behavior in this county.
- No online bidding. Two Bid4Assets courtesy notices describe Madison County sales as "Live/In Person" redeemable deed sales and disclose that Bid4Assets is not running them. Both notices also label the seller a "Treasurer's Office," which is wrong for Georgia; the conducting office is the Tax Commissioner acting as ex officio sheriff.
- Plan on a phone call. Because neither the sale date nor the levy list is posted online, investors need to contact the Tax Commissioner's office at 706-795-6385 to learn when the next sale runs and which parcels are on it.
- The county's Public Announcements page carried no tax sale notice at the time of research, so it is not a reliable channel for sale advertising.
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 Madison County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Madison County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Madison 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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