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O.C.G.A. § 48-4-5 • DeKalb County

DeKalb County Tax Deed Surplus & Excess Proceeds Feed

Automated daily intelligence for DeKalb County (Decatur, GA). Our pipeline ingests official filings from the DeKalb County Tax Commissioner (Delinquent Tax Division), filters out institutional entities, and delivers verified individual owner surplus claims every morning at 7:00 AM EST.

Governing Statute O.C.G.A. § 48-4-5
Claim Window 5 Years from Date of Tax Sale
Statutory Benchmark Statutory claim distribution rules
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Case #2024-GA-002490

Surplus Balance ,400.00
Record Owner T. & M. B██████ (Individual / Estate)
Property Situs 2340 Lavista Rd, Decatur GA
Est. Statutory Finder Fee ,480.00
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DeKalb County Recovery Procedure & Verification

When a tax deed auction or sheriff's tax sale closes above the upset bid in DeKalb County, the clerk deposits excess funds into the statutory court registry. Under O.C.G.A. § 48-4-5, junior lienholders have initial notice priority, after which remaining funds belong to the record titleholder or heirs.

Surplus Docket's automated crawler monitors DeKalb County filings daily, scrubs institutional mortgage and HOA claims, and formats actionable CSV and Excel feeds ready for immediate practitioner due diligence.

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