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County Courthouse
P.O. Box 430
Geneva, AL 36340-0430
Phone: (334) 684-5610
Fax: (334) 684-5602

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

Tax Sale Overview:


If Geneva 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 Geneva county, Alabama.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Geneva county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Geneva 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 Geneva county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Geneva county, Alabama allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Geneva 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 Geneva 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: 
Larry EverettCommissioner, District 1 
Fred HamicCommissionerharrowman2000@yahoo.com
Ray MinshewCommissioner, District 3 
Gary ShieldsCommissioner, District 2 

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


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