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City Hall Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Athens-Clarke county, Georgia 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 Athens-Clarke county, Georgia.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Athens-Clarke county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Athens-Clarke 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 Athens-Clarke county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Athens-Clarke county, Georgia allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Athens-Clarke county, Georgia lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Georgia laws and competition, savvy Athens-Clarke county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Georgia tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Georgia tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Heidi Davison | Mayor & Chairman, District At Large | mayor@athensclarkecounty.com |
| Charles Carter | Commissioner, District 1 | |
| Tom Chasteen | Commissioner, District 9 | |
| Elton Dodson | Commissioner | elton@dodsonlaw.com |
| Kathy Hoard | Commissioner, District 7 | khoard@charter.net |
| Carl Jordan | Commissioner, District 6 | carljordanacc@charter.net |
| Alice Kinman | Commissioner, District 4 | akinman@charter.net |
| David Lynn | Commissioner, District 5 | david@davidlynn.org |
| George Maxwell | Commissioner, District 3 | Revgm@msn.com |
| States McCarter | Commissioner, District 8 | statesmcc@aol.com |
| Harry Sims | Commissioner, District 2 | |
| William Berryman | Attorney | |
| Ira Edwards | Sheriff | |
| Nancy Denson | Tax Commissioner | nancydenson@co.clarke.ga.us |
| Beverly Logan | Clerk of Court |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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