Wheeler County, GA tax sales
How tax lien certificate and tax deed sales work in Wheeler County, seat of Alamo: 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 Wheeler County sells delinquent taxes
Tax certificate sale (lien)
Details are being verified for this county.
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Wheeler County Tax Commissioner
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No county-published sale calendar was found. The only dated listing located is a Bid4Assets courtesy notice, which states "The Treasurer's Office of Wheeler County, Georgia is conducting a tax sale with the following details: Date of Sale: 04/07/26 ... Deed or Lien: Redeemable Deed ... Sale Type: Live/In Person ... Number of Redeemable Deeds: 20". April 7, 2026 was the first Tuesday of the month, matching Georgia's first-Tuesday courthouse sale pattern. Bid4Assets adds that it "is not conducting this public auction" and that the information "is provided courtesy of Tax Sale Resources and has not been verified", so treat the date as unconfirmed and call the Tax Commissioner at 912-568-7131 for the current schedule.
Registration and deposit
No county-published bidder registration process, bidder packet, or deposit rule was found online. The Tax Commissioner's only web presence is an online property tax payment portal, which carries no sale content. Contact the office at 912-568-7131 before a sale date to confirm what is required to bid.
Wheeler County runs its redeemable tax deed sale in person, not on an online platform. The only sale listing found describes it as "Live/In Person", and no county-operated or third-party auction site for Wheeler County was verified, so no platform URL is reported here. The county has no findable official tax sale web page: the Tax Commissioner's web presence is the Government Window payment portal (property tax bill lookup and payment only), the Clerk of Superior Court site carries court legal notices with no tax sale content, and the Board of Tax Assessors runs a qPublic parcel search for valuation data only. Investors should expect to source the delinquent and levy list, the sale date, and bidding terms directly from the Tax Commissioner by phone, and to attend at the courthouse in Alamo, where both the Tax Commissioner (Suite 102) and the Clerk of Superior Court (Suite 101) sit at 16 West Pearl Street. Note the Bid4Assets notice labels the office a "Treasurer's Office", which is not a Georgia office title; the sourced county records show the levying office is the Tax Commissioner.
County offices
Tax Collector (runs the certificate sale)
Wheeler County Tax Commissioner
16 West Pearl St., Suite 102, Alamo, GA 30411 (mailing: PO Box 431, Alamo, GA 30411)
Official websiteNotes for Wheeler County
- Tax Commissioner is Curtis Hay, named on the county's Government Window payment portal.
- The phone number 912-568-7131 is corroborated by the City of Alamo's official Local Resources directory, which lists "Wheeler County Tax Commissioner 912-568-7131".
- Physical office and mailing address differ: counter at 16 West Pearl St., Suite 102, Alamo, GA 30411; payments mailed to PO Box 431, Alamo, GA 30411.
- The Georgia Department of Revenue's Wheeler County page lists www.wheelercounty.org for the Tax Commissioner, Board of Commissioners, and Board of Tax Assessors, but that domain is Cloudflare challenge-gated and could not be read, and its indexed pages (hospitals, pharmacies, daycares directories) indicate a third-party directory rather than an official county site. It is not cited as a fact source here.
- Board of Tax Assessors for pre-bid parcel and valuation research: Chief Appraiser Rhonda J. Cason, P O Box 149, Alamo, GA 30411, phone 912-568-7924, open 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Monday through Friday (qPublic).
- Clerk of Superior Court (deed and lien records): Carol W. Bragg, 16 W Pearl Street, Suite 101, P.O. Box 38, Alamo, GA 30411, phone 912-568-7137.
- No delinquent tax list, levy list, or excess funds list URL was found on any official Wheeler County source.
- Georgia Public Notice (Georgia Press Association) returned no Wheeler County tax sale notices, which is consistent with the county's legal organ not participating in that database.
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 Wheeler County, Georgia sell tax liens or tax deeds?
- Wheeler County follows Georgia's redeemable deed state system.
How often does Wheeler 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.
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