States › Alabama › Houston County

County Courthouse
P.O. Box 6406
Dothan, AL 36302-6406
Phone: (334)677-4741
Fax: (334)794-6633
www.houstoncounty.org

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

Tax Sale Overview:

If Houston 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 Houston county, Alabama.

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

To solve this problem Houston county, Alabama allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Houston 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 Houston 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:
Mark Culver	Chairman	mculver@houstoncounty.org
Frances Cook	Commissioner, District 3	fmcook@graceba.net
Phillip Forrester	Commissioner, District 4
Curtis Harvey	Commissioner
Bobby Snellgrove	Commissioner, District 2
Kenneth Lord	Superintendent Of Schools
Lamar Glover	County Sheriff
Judy Byrd	Circuit Clerk - Family Div

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