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County Courthouse
P.O. Box 987
Selma, AL 36702-0987
Phone: (334) 874-2560
Fax: (334)874-2587

Auction Type: Tax Lien Certificate
Interest/Penalty Rate: 12% Interest
Bidding Method: Premium Bid
Redemption: 3 years
Assignments: Yes

Tax Sale Overview:


If Dallas county, Alabama is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.

Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Dallas county, Alabama.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Dallas county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Dallas county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.

The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Dallas county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Dallas county, Alabama allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Dallas county, Alabama lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.

Why would investors do this?

Well, depending on Alabama laws and competition, savvy Dallas county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Alabama tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Alabama tax deeds.

Elected Public Officials:


Name:  Position:  Email: 
John Jones Jr.Probate Judge 
Kimbrough BallardCommissioner, District 4 
Roy MooreCommissioner, District 2 
Connell TownsCommissioner, District 1 
Curtis WilliamsCommissioner, District 3curt.williams@eds.com
Harris HuffmanCounty Sheriff 
Frances HughesCounty Tax Assessor 
Tammy KingCounty Tax Collector 

Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.


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