Miller County, GA tax sales
Tax Sale Atlas maps the Miller County, GA tax sale, one of 3,131 counties in 51 states. Georgia sells redeemable deeds carrying a 20% penalty in the first year. Sale office, calendar and list locations read from state rules plus what the county publishes on Oct 6, 2026.
Miller County Tax Commissioner tax sale news, sale calendar, courthouse auction rules, redemption, and office contacts
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- Next tax deed sale
- Property tax sale scheduled for November 3, 2026.Tuesday · 2026
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No advance bidder registration is published.
- County office
- (229) 758-4101
On this page
How Miller County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Miller County Tax Commissioner (Livvy Suggs, acting as ex officio sheriff)
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- No advance bidder registration is published.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No advance bidder registration is published. Bidding is in person by public outcry, and buyers pay in cash or certified funds. At the Tax Commissioner's discretion, payment is due within two hours after the sale ends; a parcel that is not properly paid for may be re-offered later that day or on November 4, 2026. The buyer also pays title, transfer costs, taxes, advertising costs and recording fees.
Sale format and venue
Miller County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Miller County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid. If the parcels on this list are vacant land rather than houses, what buying land at a tax sale hands you is the place to start.
Confirm the advertised parcel list
Use November 3, 2026 Tax Sale notice and parcel list (Miller County Liberal) as a starting reference. Check which sale or list it covers; a Lands Available or office information page is separate from an auction parcel list. Ask the sale office for the advertised parcels for the auction you plan to attend.Register to bid
Sale day
Property tax sale scheduled for November 3, 2026. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the Miller County Tax Commissioner before you go.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use the Miller County Tax Commissioner as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Miller County
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Confirm the parcel list before pricing
Open November 3, 2026 Tax Sale notice and parcel list (Miller County Liberal). Confirm whether this reference contains the auction parcels or covers a different list. Get the advertised parcel list from the county before you price a bid, and recheck it before the sale.Confirm registration and deposit
No advance bidder registration is published. Bidding is in person by public outcry, and buyers pay in cash or certified funds. At the Tax Commissioner's discretion, payment is due within two hours after the sale ends; a parcel that is not properly paid for may be re-offered later that day or on November 4, 2026. The buyer also pays title, transfer costs, taxes, advertising costs and recording fees.
Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Georgia due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth. Which liens survive is state law, so read what survives a tax deed in Georgia before you price the title work.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Tax Commissioner is Livvy Suggs (Olivia Suggs), who conducts tax sales as ex officio sheriff. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Fax is (229) 758-4126. The office's older site lists email info@millercountytax.com.
- The November 3, 2026 sales are two separate notices: one for real property sold with rights of redemption, and one for mobile homes sold as personal property with no right of redemption.
- Real estate and business personal property taxes are due December 20. Interest is added on the 16th of each month at prime plus 3% divided by 12, a FiFa is filed with the Clerk of Superior Court 30 days after the delinquent notice, and a 5% penalty is added after 120 days and every 120 days after that, up to 20%.
- Mobile and manufactured home taxes are due April 1.
- The Tax Commissioner has the authority to levy on and sell property for unpaid taxes. Tax FiFas are recorded with the Clerk of Superior Court in the Miller County Courthouse.
- Sale notices and parcel lists run in the Miller County Liberal legal notices for the four weeks before a sale. The Tax Commissioner's Tax Sales page may lag behind the newspaper, so check both monthly.
- Colquitt is the county seat, and sales are cried before the Miller County Courthouse door.
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.
- 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
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Verified Oct 6, 2026 against official county and state sources.
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 office that runs the sale before you bid.
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