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Georgia property owners usually have 60 days after the due date on their tax bills to pay taxes. If they fail to pay within the required time frame, they could receive a property tax lien, which would prevent them from refinancing or reselling the taxed property.

Individual investors can purchase the tax deeds at public auction. For non-judicial tax sales, the county commissioners hold Sheriff's Sales, or auctions, on the steps of the county courthouse the first Tuesday of the month. (You can contact the county tax commissioner to find auction information).

But if you don't pay those taxes off? After 1-2 months, the sheriff comes knocking (literally) and they will hold a tax sale on your property. After 12 months in Georgia, the lienholder will foreclose on you and take ownership of the property.

All property in Georgia is taxed at an assessment rate of 40% of its full market value. Exemptions, such as a homestead exemption, reduce the taxable value of your property.

In order for the purchaser at the tax sale to gain clear title to your home, he must wait 12 months after the sale and then foreclose on your right of redemption. He does this by giving you written notice that your right will expire on a certain date. You can redeem your home up to the expiration date in that notice.

How do you find tax delinquent properties for sale? You could easily just call the county. If you want to find out if there are any liens for unpaid property taxes, you can go into the county records and look at all of that. If you don't know how to do that, you'll probably have to go to the county and learn how.