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Redemption
36 mo
Max interest
12%
This state runs more than one kind of tax sale, so the rules depend on which sale you enter. The owner has 3 years from the sale to pay you back. Bidding drives the rate down, and you earn up to 12% a year. You win by offering the lowest interest rate. Sales are held once a year, typically in March, April, May and June.
Sale type
Ala. Code 40-10-180
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=40-10-180“The tax collecting official for each county shall have the sole authority to decide whether his or her county shall utilize the sale of a tax lien or the sale of property to collect delinquent property taxes”
Redemption
Ala. Code 40-10-120
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=40-10-120“may be redeemed at any time within three years from the date of the sale by the owner”
Interest
Ala. Code 40-10-184; Ala. Code 40-10-122
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=40-10-184“The beginning interest rate bid shall not exceed a rate of 12 percent and additional bids may be made at a rate less than the immediately preceding bid.”
Bid method
Ala. Code 40-10-184
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=40-10-184“bids the lowest interest rate on the amount required to be paid to redeem the property from the sale”
Sale timing
Ala. Code 40-10-181(3)
https://alison.legislature.state.al.us/code-of-alabama?section=40-10-181“held no earlier than March 1 or later than June 15 of the current ad valorem tax year”
Dual system: traditional sale-of-land (Code of Ala. 40-10-1 et seq.) and tax-lien auction (40-10-180 to 40-10-200). Auction window March 1-June 15 (40-10-182); beginning bid <=12% (40-10-184). Confirmed on official Code of Alabama host and Admin. Code r. 810-4-6. | Prose: hybrid | tax-lien auction: bid-down interest rate capped at 12%/yr; sale of land: 8%/yr redemption interest | 3 years | lowest interest rate bid (beginning bid not to exceed 12%) | March 1 - June 15
Dual system: traditional sale-of-land (Code of Ala. 40-10-1 et seq.) and tax-lien auction (40-10-180 to 40-10-200). Auction window March 1-June 15 (40-10-182); beginning bid <=12% (40-10-184). Confirmed on official Code of Alabama host and Admin. Code r. 810-4-6.
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