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How to buy over the counter tax deeds

Cody Mina
Member since 2019 · 14 posts · 1 vote

I went to Birmingham courthouse and I asked them if I could buy over the counter tax deeds that were not sold and they told me that I should buy them from the state, they gave me no instructions. My question is how do buy them from the state?

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Denise Evans
JD, CCIM , Real Estate Broker · Tuscaloosa, AL · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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@Cody Mina, the state-owned lists are on the Alabama Department of Revenue website, at https://revenue.alabama.gov/property-tax/taxes-administered/tax-delinquent-property-and-land-sales/

You search by county. Jefferson County properties appear in two places, at #1 for Jefferson/Birmingham and at #68 for Jefferson-Bessemer.

https://parcelfair.com/ is a subscription service for $30 per month per county that is an overlay over the GIS maps. The parcels are color coded  depending on things like "on the state inventory" or "on the list for this year's auction" and "went through prior auction and investor owned" and similar things. Not those exact words, but those types of properties.

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  • Greg ParkerBusiness Member
    Realtor, Contractor, Property Manager · Montgomery AL and Kowaliga, AL · Member since 2017 · 669 posts · 536 votes
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    www.revenue.alabama.gov.

    You find the property you want on county GIS maps.  It will say State of Alabama as the owner.  Enter the parcel number and you will be e-mailed a purchase sheet.  Send in the amount of money listed on the letter and the state will send you a deed.  But, be careful, there are usually weed liens, etc. that have not been paid.  The local court house will have that info.

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  • Denise Evans
    JD, CCIM , Real Estate Broker · Tuscaloosa, AL · Member since 2014 · 1k+ posts · 1k+ votes
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    @Cody Mina, the state-owned lists are on the Alabama Department of Revenue website, at https://revenue.alabama.gov/property-tax/taxes-administered/tax-delinquent-property-and-land-sales/

    You search by county. Jefferson County properties appear in two places, at #1 for Jefferson/Birmingham and at #68 for Jefferson-Bessemer.

    https://parcelfair.com/ is a subscription service for $30 per month per county that is an overlay over the GIS maps. The parcels are color coded  depending on things like "on the state inventory" or "on the list for this year's auction" and "went through prior auction and investor owned" and similar things. Not those exact words, but those types of properties.

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  • Bradley Thye
    Member since 2020 · 7 posts · 1 vote
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    Denise,

    Parcelfair provides all the information I have been looking for for a long time...problem is, I need this property data for Georgia.

    Question - do you know of any similar sites that offer up-to-date tax deed information and search criteria (overlaid on GIS mapping) for Georgia or Florida?

    Originally posted by @Denise Evans:

    @Cody Mina, the state-owned lists are on the Alabama Department of Revenue website, at https://revenue.alabama.gov/property-tax/taxes-administered/tax-delinquent-property-and-land-sales/

    You search by county. Jefferson County properties appear in two places, at #1 for Jefferson/Birmingham and at #68 for Jefferson-Bessemer.

    https://parcelfair.com/ is a subscription service for $30 per month per county that is an overlay over the GIS maps. The parcels are color coded  depending on things like "on the state inventory" or "on the list for this year's auction" and "went through prior auction and investor owned" and similar things. Not those exact words, but those types of properties.

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