TAX SALES – BIDDER REGISTRATION
Online registrations must be verified in-person between 8:30 AM and 9:45 AM on the day of the tax sale. Present your photo ID when you arrive to receive your bidder ID card. Bidder ID cards will not be issued after the tax sale is under way.”
The information entered in the following application will be used to register for tax sales held by the Tax Commissioner’s office. The making of false or fraudulent statements is a misdemeanor and subject to penalties and fines under applicable provisions of Georgia law. By submitting an application, you are stating that the information submitted is true and correct to the best of your knowledge.
O.C.G.A. 9-13-170 (2010)
9-13-170. Liability for purchase money; officer’s collection options
(a) Any person who becomes the purchaser of any real or personal property at any sale made at public outcry by any executor, administrator, or guardian or by any sheriff or other officer under and by virtue of any execution or other legal process, who fails or refuses to comply with the terms of the sale when requested to do so, shall be liable for the amount of the purchase money. It shall be at the option of the sheriff or other officer either to proceed against the purchaser for the full amount of the purchase money or to resell the real or personal property and then proceed against the first purchaser for any deficiency arising from the sale.
(b) The action provided for in subsection (a) of this Code section may be brought in the name of the sheriff or other officer making the sale for the use of the plaintiff or defendant in execution or any other person in interest, as the case may be.
Fulton County Tax Sale-Bidder Registration/ Bidder Information YOU MUST REGISTER EVERY MONTH.
Please enter your information as shown on your driver’s license/ID that will be used to check in at the Tax Sale.
HELPFUL LINKS TAX SALES
TAX SALE LIST
A courtesy listing of properties for sale is available in the Wednesday edition of the South Fulton Neighbor and North Fulton Neighbor, www.neighbornewspapers.com, for a four-week period prior to the Tuesday Sale date. Each advertisement shows the owner’s name, a description of the property to be sold, and the amount of the tax due. Click here to see the May 7, 2024 Tax List.TAX SALES EXCESS FUNDS
Tax Sales – Excess Funds ProcedureDocuments necessary to claim excess funds in Fulton County, below are the instructions on submissions. Please submit (no faxes/emails) the required documentation for review to the following address below.
*PLEASE SUBMIT (1) ONE ADDITIONAL COPY WITH YOUR APPLICATION.* Required
Futon County Sheriff’s Office
185 Central Ave., 9th Floor
Atlanta, GA 30303
Attention: Property Tax
Notarized excess funds affidavit completed and signed by the claimant(s);
Notarized Excess Funds Indemnification and Hold Harmless Agreement completed and signed by the claimant(s);
Copy of photo identification of claimant(s);
Signed documentation by claimant(s) allowing their representation by any attorney at law (if applicable); and
50 year title certificate showing claimant’s ownership interest and all security deeds or other equity interests or claims of record as of the date of the tax saleTAX SALES EXCESS FUNDS APPLICATION
SALE CLOSING
After all payments are processed, the Sheriff’s Tax Deed and Real Estate Transfer Tax Form will be completed and recorded within 30 days of the sale. The Levy Officer reserves the right to rescind any tax sale within 30 days. The buyer will receive a full refund of the bid amount.You are reminded that a Sheriff’s Tax Deed only conveys “defeasible title” to property. To acquire “fee simple title” to property, a tax deed purchaser must “foreclose” or “bar” the right to redeem, or allow the title to “ripen by prescription,” pursuant to state law.
After the tax sale, if there are any “excess funds” generated from the sale of the real property after all taxes and costs are paid, a notice will be sent to the same interest parties notified during the levy and sale. This notice contains the name of purchaser, purchaser’s address, opening bid, sale price, and any excess funds amount with a description of the real property sold (O.C.G.A. § 9-13-160; 9-13-161; 9-13-166; 48-2-55; 48-4-1; 48-4-3; 48-4-4; 48-4-6; 48-4-20).