Turner County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Turner County, seat of Ashburn: 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 Turner County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Turner County Tax Commissioner
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published. The Turner County Tax Commissioner page lists only the office's collection duties ("every phase of collecting property taxes, from preparation of the digest, billing, accounting and disbursements") and gives no sale calendar. Georgia's statutory default for sales under tax levies applies (first Tuesday of the month at the county courthouse). Call the Tax Commissioner at (229) 567-3636 to confirm whether a sale is scheduled and its date.
Registration and deposit
Not published on any Turner County page reviewed. Expect in person registration at the courthouse on sale day with immediate payment terms set by the levying officer. Confirm by phone before attending.
No online auction platform was found for Turner County. The county's official site (turnercountygeorgia.com) carries a Tax Commissioner department page and a full office directory, but no tax sale page, no sale calendar entry, and no tax sale or levy sale notice anywhere in the public notices archive going back to 2014. Turner County is a small rural county and there is no evidence it uses a hosted bidding platform, so treat the sale as an in person courthouse steps sale under Georgia's default procedure until the office confirms otherwise. Georgia sells a redeemable tax deed: the owner may redeem for 12 months at a 20 percent premium, plus 10 percent for each additional year, until the purchaser forecloses the right to redeem by barment notice. Verify the next sale date, the advertised list, and payment terms directly with the Tax Commissioner.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Notes for Turner County
- The county seat is Ashburn. The Tax Commissioner and the Board of Tax Assessors share the courthouse address at 208 E College Ave, Ashburn, GA 31714.
- The Tax Commissioner's office fax is (229) 567-4794 and the listed office email is [email protected].
- Turner County publishes no delinquent tax list or tax sale list online. Sale advertising runs in the county legal organ under O.C.G.A. Title 48, so the newspaper ad is the practical source for parcel lists.
- The Clerk of Superior Court, at 219 E College Ave, Ashburn, GA 31714, (229) 567-2011, records the tax deed and is the office to check for any judicial in rem tax foreclosure filings.
- The Turner County Sheriff's Office is at 1301 Industrial Dr, Ashburn, GA 31714, (229) 567-2401. Georgia sales are cried by the Sheriff or by the Tax Commissioner acting as ex officio sheriff; neither office publishes a sale schedule online.
- Property records are hosted on qPublic (linked from the county departments page as qpublic.net/ga/turner), which blocks automated access; use a browser for parcel research.
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 Turner County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Turner County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Turner 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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