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Alabama tax sale properties, straight from county records. Last refreshed Oct 13, 2026. Auction dates and opening bids can change at the county. Check the county link on a listing before you bid.

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Current auctions in Alabama

15,978 properties with a sale coming up

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10 FT STRIP OF ABANDONED RR R/W DESC AS COM NE COR LOT 156 BLK 8 REDMONT PARK 3RD SECT 15/36 TH SE 190 FT TO POB TH SE 10 FT TH SW 79 FT TH NW 10 FT TH NE 79 FT TO POB
Jefferson-Birmingham County, AL · Land / vacant · Limited county data
Bid at the 2016 tax sale $177 Availability Apply to the State (ADOR) · price quote, slow and competitive
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165 FT S TH W 82 FT TH N 175 FT S TO P O BBEING LOT 3 BLK J PARKWOOD ADD TO BLOSSBURG PLUS PT VAC RD R/W
Jefferson-Birmingham County, AL · Land / vacant · Limited county data
Bid at the 2000 tax sale $246 Availability Apply to the State (ADOR) · price quote, slow and competitive
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BEG NW COR OF SW 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC 36 TP 15 R 1W TH E 629.1 FT TH SWLY 601.4 FT TH NWLY 410 FT TH N 105 FT TO POB SECT 36 TWSP 15S RANGE 1W
Jefferson-Birmingham County, AL · Land / vacant · Limited county data
Bid at the 2019 tax sale $591 Availability Apply to the State (ADOR) · price quote, slow and competitive
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Needs review Partly checked

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COM AT SW COR OF SE 1/4 OF NW 1/4 SEC 18 T 17S R 3W TH N 237.5 FT TH NE 246.1 FT TO BEG TH CONT 42.5 FT TH SE 122.5TO GRANDVIEW DR R/W TH SW 42.5 FT TH NW 122.5 FT TO POB
Jefferson-Birmingham County, AL · Land / vacant · Limited county data
Bid at the 2020 tax sale $131 Availability Apply to the State (ADOR) · price quote, slow and competitive
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COM AT SE COR OF SE 1/4 SEC 12 TP 17 R 3W TH W 590 FT TO POB TH NW 480 FT TH NE 75 FT TH NW 120 FT TH NE 330 FT TH NW 1105 FT TO S R/W OF L & N RR TH SW ALG SD R/W 2050 FT TH NW 20 FT TH SW 85 FT TH E
Jefferson-Birmingham County, AL · Land / vacant · Limited county data
Bid at the 2020 tax sale $47,410 Availability Apply to the State (ADOR) · price quote, slow and competitive
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BEG AT INTER OF N R/W OF 35TH AVE N AND W/L OF NE 1/4 SEC 13 TP 17 R 3W TH NE 8656.9 1540 FT TH NW 340 FT TH NE 160 FT TH SE 435 FT TH NE 420 FT TH NELY 430 FT TH W 2135 FT TH SW 220 FT TH S 940 FT TO
Jefferson-Birmingham County, AL · Land / vacant · Limited county data
Bid at the 2020 tax sale $8,657 Availability Apply to the State (ADOR) · price quote, slow and competitive
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How Alabama tax sales work

Sale Type
Tax Lien Certificate
Alabama sells tax lien certificates. The investor pays the delinquent taxes and receives a certificate that earns the interest or penalty set by state law. If the owner does not redeem, the holder must take the further steps state law sets to get the deed.
Redemption Period
3 yrs
At the county tax sale the buyer gets a certificate of purchase, not a deed. The owner can redeem for three years from the sale (Ala. Code 40-10-120); after that the probate judge issues a tax deed when you turn in the certificate (40-10-29). Counties that hold a tax-lien auction instead sell a lien by bidding the interest down from 12%, and title comes through a circuit-court suit (40-10-184, 40-10-197).
Judicial redemption (AL Code §40-10-83) can extend indefinitely while the prior owner remains in possession — verify occupancy before bidding.
Avg Property Tax Rate
0.41%
Below the national average (1.1%). Lower tax rates often mean smaller opening bids and lien amounts.
Homestead Rules
Special Rules Apply
Various county exemptions available.

Words used on this page

Redemption period
A window after the sale when the old owner can pay up and take the property back.
Tax lien
The county sells the unpaid tax debt, not the property. You collect interest, or later foreclose.

Before you bid in Alabama

What can survive the sale and become yours

  • IRS federal tax liens
  • Municipal liens

Other things to check

  • Alabama has a 3-year redemption period from the date of sale (Ala. Code 40-10-120).
  • For sales after January 1, 2020 the owner redeems by paying the bid plus 8% a year, and interest on an overbid is paid only up to 15% of the county's market value (40-10-122); older sales carry 12%.
  • Tax sales are run by the county tax collector or revenue commissioner.
  • A recorded mortgage or lien holder gets another year after you mail it notice of your purchase (40-10-120).
  • Land the State bought in at past sales is sold separately by the Department of Revenue on a price quote.

How we rate these

Every listing says one of four things. Next to it is how many facts we hold for it, and what that much evidence is good enough for.

Worth a look
We hold the four basics (what is being sold, when, for how much, and what the property is) and nothing we hold argues against it. A claim about our record, not a promise about the property.
Needs review
We hold the basics, but a named finding wants a human first: a possible lien under the owner's name, a flood or environmental record, no mapped public road, a property check that fired, an opening bid at or above the value we hold for the parcel, or a sale the county reports as postponed.
Screened out
We hold positive evidence of a problem: recorded debt or an IRS lien that survives the sale, a lot too small to be a real parcel, a sale the county reports as over, or a sale date already past. The card names it.
Not enough data yet
One of the four basics is missing. This is not a bad rating: missing data can never produce a negative verdict.
N of 12 facts on file
How many of the 12 facts we track for this parcel we actually hold: sale kind, auction date, entry price, property class, value, lot size, living area, legal description, road access, title search, condition, sale terms. The same count on the board, the deal page and in Flexy. Hover the bar on any card to see which are still missing.

One number cannot say both how good a parcel looks and how much we actually know about it, and a low number reads as a verdict. So we do not print one. “Not enough data yet” is not a judgement about the property.

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Alabama county coverage

39 counties with deals. Tap one to browse.

Jefferson-Birmingham Jefferson-Bessemer Montgomery Mobile Calhoun Etowah Talladega Geneva Shelby Russell Dallas Lauderdale Houston Morgan Baldwin Macon Perry Colbert Dale Tuscaloosa Covington DeKalb Coffee Limestone Conecuh Madison Escambia Randolph Barbour Blount Jackson Bullock Pike St. Clair Walker Chilton Lee Lowndes Sumter

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Alabama tax sale FAQ

Alabama is a tax lien state. At the county tax sale the buyer gets a certificate of purchase, not a deed. The owner can redeem for three years from the sale (Ala. Code 40-10-120); after that the probate judge issues a tax deed when you turn in the certificate (40-10-29). Counties that hold a tax-lien auction instead sell a lien by bidding the interest down from 12%, and title comes through a circuit-court suit (40-10-184, 40-10-197).

The redemption period in Alabama is 3 yrs. During this period, the original owner can reclaim the property by paying what is owed plus the interest or penalty set by state law. Judicial redemption (AL Code §40-10-83) can extend indefinitely while the prior owner remains in possession — verify occupancy before bidding.

DeedFlex aggregates Alabama tax sale listings from county auction platforms and gives each property a plain-English verdict: Worth a look, Needs review, Screened out, or Not enough data yet. Next to it is how far the research has got on it. Start with Pro ($59/mo, flat) to browse all available Alabama properties with full deal analysis.

Key risks include: IRS federal tax liens, Municipal liens. AL has a 3-year redemption period from the date of sale (Ala. Code 40-10-120). For sales after January 1, 2020 the owner redeems by paying the bid plus 8% a year, and interest on an overbid is paid only up to 15% of the county's market value (40-10-122); older sales carry 12%. Tax sales are run by the county tax collector or revenue commissioner. A recorded mortgage or lien holder gets another year after you mail it notice of your purchase (40-10-120). Land the State bought in at past sales is sold separately by the Department of Revenue on a price quote.

Opening bids vary widely by county and property. Alabama has an average property tax rate of 0.41%, which influences opening bid amounts. DeedFlex shows the opening bid for every listed property. Where we hold a market value we can stand behind, we show it; where we do not, we say so rather than print a number we cannot support.

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