Henry County tax sales

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Henry does not run the usual Georgia sheriff sale. The Tax Commissioner's Office holds judicial in rem tax sales, ordered through the Superior Court, on the first Tuesday of the month at its McDonough office, and the deed that comes out of one carries a 60 day redemption instead of the sheriff sale's 12 months and 20 percent premium. The county's posted list document currently states there is no November sale and asks buyers to check back for the December list.

Selling office: Henry County Tax Commissioner's Office (Tax Commissioner Michael C. Harris). The office states it in one line: "Henry County conducts Judicial In Rem Tax Sales."

Next sale: No December 2026 date or list posted. The county's Tax Sale List document states, in its own words, that there is no property tax or mobile home sale for November and to check back later for the tax list for December. The standing pattern is the first Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m., but no December sale is announced on the document, so this page posts no Henry date.

The Tax Sale List document linked from the Property for Tax Sale page is the county's current word on what sells next. The county also states that all excess funds from its sales are interpleaded to the Clerk of Superior Court; the Tax Commissioner's office does not hold or distribute them.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	No December 2026 date or list posted
Sale pattern	Judicial in rem sales on the first Tuesday of the month, promptly at 10:00 a.m., in person at 140 Henry Parkway, McDonough. Sales are not held every month; the county posts month specific notices. Allow time before the sale for the registration and verification process.
Opening bid	The opening bid is the tax due plus penalties plus all applicable costs, under the court's judgment for the parcel.
The list	The Tax Sale List document linked from the Property for Tax Sale page (with a separate manufactured and mobile home list). The document currently posted states there is no November 2026 sale and that the December list is still to come.
Format	In person only, at the Henry County Tax Commissioner's Office, 140 Henry Parkway, McDonough, GA 30253. Only registered bidders with verified funds may bid.
Selling office	Henry County Tax Commissioner's Office (Tax Commissioner Michael C. Harris). The office states it in one line: "Henry County conducts Judicial In Rem Tax Sales."

Sources: Henry County Tax Commissioner, Property for Tax Sale. Henry County Tax Commissioner, Registration for Tax Sale. Henry County Tax Commissioner, Tax Sale List. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and owners can pay and stop a sale at any point before it starts.

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How Georgia tax sales work

Taxes go delinquent and the lien attaches. Georgia taxes are a lien on the property. After the statutory notice, the county tax commissioner issues a tax execution, the fi. fa., against the owner and the property (O.C.G.A. 48-3-3) and delivers it to the levying officer: the sheriff, or the tax commissioner acting as ex officio sheriff, which is how most counties in this set run their sales.
The levy is advertised for four weeks. The levying officer advertises the sale once a week for four consecutive weeks in the county's legal organ newspaper, and most counties in this set also post the sale list on the tax commissioner's site. Owners keep paying and parcels keep dropping out until sale day; the list you research is not the list that sells.
Sale day is the first Tuesday. Sales under execution are held on the first Tuesday of the month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the courthouse or the place the county designates (O.C.G.A. 9-13-161 and 48-4-1). Bidding is by public outcry, in person, and it starts at the amount due on the execution plus the costs of levy and sale. Some counties in this set sell only in months when a sale is planned, so the first Tuesday is a frame, not a promise: the county page tells you whether your county has a dated sale.
The winner pays and takes a tax deed. Payment timing and accepted forms are county rules, stated on each county page; where they are published they are same day rules, measured in hours. The winner receives a tax deed. Money bid above the execution amount becomes excess funds, held for the owner and lienholders under O.C.G.A. 48-4-5; it is not a discount and it is not the buyer's.
The deed is redeemable for at least 12 months. The owner, or anyone holding an interest in or a lien on the property, may redeem by paying the purchase price, plus any taxes and special assessments the purchaser paid, plus a premium of 20 percent of that amount for the first year or fraction of a year and 10 percent for each year after (O.C.G.A. 48-4-40 and 48-4-42). The purchaser cannot take possession during the redemption period. After 12 months the purchaser may bar the right of redemption with the statutory notice (O.C.G.A. 48-4-45); marketable title after that usually takes a quiet title action. Exception in this set: counties running judicial in rem sales (Chatham, Richmond, Bibb, Clayton, Henry and Clarke publish the track) redeem in 60 days on that track, with no 20 percent premium stated.

How registration works in Henry County

Two steps, both required. Register online before the day of the sale, then complete registration in person on the morning of the sale at 140 Henry Pkwy with your payment funds in hand: a Property Tax Specialist verifies the funds, and you receive a bidding number. Bring a driver license as photo ID, plus your address and phone number. A registered bidder may not bid more than the amount of funds verified, and no one may bid on a property they or their corporation or LLC own.

Registration is the real deadline where a county requires it. Fulton closes registration the Monday before the sale and will not register you on sale day; Gwinnett registers in person and closes when the sale starts. Read your county's rule above before you travel.
Payment is a sale day event. Every county in this set that publishes a payment rule wants certified funds the same day, in windows as short as two hours. Arrive with the money arranged, not with a plan to arrange it.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Henry County	No deposit separate from the purchase price: your funds are verified in hand on the morning of the sale, and the verified amount caps what you may bid.
Payment, Henry County	Payment is required at the time of the sale and all sales are final. The only accepted forms are cash, money orders and certified checks payable to Henry County Tax Commissioner or HCTC; no personal checks and no bank statements. Provide a separate payment for each property purchased; multiple checks may be combined for one property, but a check cannot be split between two parcels.
What is sold	A deed issued under a judicial in rem judgment, not a sheriff's tax deed. The court action itself resolves the redemption right in 60 days, so the judicial deed does not need the barment process a sheriff's tax deed needs.
The opening bid	The amount due under the judgment for the parcel (taxes, interest and penalties) plus the costs of the action and sale.
Redemption (judicial in rem)	60 days from the sale date, under O.C.G.A. 48-4-81, at the purchase price plus interest as the statute provides. There is no 20 percent premium on this track.
After the 60 days	If the owner does not redeem inside the 60 days, the purchaser's title stands confirmed under the judgment without a separate barment notice; a quiet title action is still the usual route to marketable, insurable title.
Excess funds	Any amount bid above the execution and costs is excess funds under O.C.G.A. 48-4-5, payable to the owner and lienholders in priority order. Overbidding does not buy better title; it buys a bigger redemption check if the owner redeems.

When a parcel draws no bid

No no bid or leftover parcel rule is published on the Property for Tax Sale page read.

Before you bid

Know which track the parcel is on. A sheriff style sale carries a 12 month redemption and a 20 percent premium if the owner redeems; a judicial in rem sale in the counties that run one redeems in 60 days with no premium. The deed, the wait and the return are different products.
Check the list in sale week. Owners pay and parcels drop until the morning of the sale. The four week advertisement is the starting list, never the selling list.
Price the redemption year. On a sheriff style deed you cannot take possession for at least 12 months, and the right to redeem continues after that until you bar it. Your capital is committed for the whole period either way.
Set the maximum before the sale opens. The free Max-Bid Calculator below works backwards from your resale or hold value to the highest bid you can pay, with the costs shown.

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