Randolph County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Randolph County, seat of Cuthbert: 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 Randolph County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Randolph County Tax Commissioner
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Randolph County publishes no tax sale calendar on its official website. Georgia levy sales run on the first Tuesday of the month at the courthouse. The only dated listing found for this county was a third-party courtesy notice on Bid4Assets showing a live, in-person redeemable deed sale of 69 redeemable deeds dated 11/04/25, the first Tuesday of November 2025. That notice carries the disclaimer that Bid4Assets "is not conducting this public auction" and that the information "has not been verified." Confirm the next sale date directly with the Tax Commissioner at 229-732-2881.
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration process is published on the county website. Contact the Randolph County Tax Commissioner at 229-732-2881 to confirm bidder requirements, accepted payment, and the sale location before attending.
Randolph County sells redeemable tax deeds in person, not through an online platform. No online auction platform was verified for this county, so no platform URL is given. The official county site carries a Tax Commissioner page with contact details and a duties description covering "the administration of the billing and collection of current and delinquent ad valorem taxes," but it has no tax sale page, no sale calendar, no bidder registration instructions, and no delinquent, levy, or excess funds list. The county Document Center's Tax Commissioner folder holds only tax digest and property tax increase notices. The county's Government Window site (randolphcountyga.governmentwindow.com) is a current tax payment portal, not an auction platform. The Bid4Assets courtesy notice also misnames the selling office as a "Treasurer's Office," an office Georgia counties do not have for tax sales, which is another reason to treat that listing as a lead rather than a verified fact. Randolph County's courthouse and administrative offices are at 51 Court Street, Cuthbert, GA 39840.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Randolph County
- Tax Commissioner of record on the county site: W. Brooke Hixon. Office phone 229-732-2881, fax 229-209-9993, mailing address P.O. Box 323, Cuthbert, GA 39840.
- The Georgia Department of Revenue's County Property Tax Facts page for Randolph lists www.randolphcountyga.com as the Tax Commissioner's website, confirming the county site is the authoritative office page.
- No county-published delinquent tax list, levy list, sale list, or excess funds list exists online. A third-party page reported that Randolph County does not publish an excess funds list and that callers must contact the Tax Commissioner directly, which matches what the official site shows.
- The sale appears to be a live, in-person courthouse sale. Do not route investors to an online bidding platform for this county.
- Sale timing and registration are unverified at the county level and should be re-scraped or phone-confirmed before publishing any specific date.
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 Randolph County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Randolph County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Randolph 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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