Clayton County, Georgia Tax Delinquent Properties for Sale List

Key Takeaways

• Clayton County, Georgia publishes tax sale information as sale-by-sale PDFs on its property records portal, free to read with no login; the latest file Goliath Data found covers the September 1, 2026 sale.
• The September 1, 2026 file lists 43 rows over 3 pages, the July 7, 2026 file 27 rows, and the October 7, 2025 file 47 rows.
• Goliath Data's Clayton County records show 1 Tax Delinquency property but 8 Trustee Sale, 3 Foreclosure and 3 Preforeclosure properties, as of June 29, 2026.
• For anything beyond the files, call the Clayton County Tax Commissioner at (770) 477-3311.

Goliath Data publishes this guide. We read the county files and Georgia code sections linked here on November 5, 2026, and any of them can change.

Looking for the Clayton County tax delinquent list? What you can open is a set of sale-by-sale PDFs on the county's property records portal, with no fee or login needed to read them. The latest we could find covers September 1, 2026. For Clayton County, Georgia tax delinquent properties beyond that file, call the Clayton County Tax Commissioner at (770) 477-3311.

That is a narrower thing than a full roll of everyone who owes. It is also more useful if you plan to bid.

What do the Clayton County tax delinquent list files show?

Each Clayton County PDF is headed "Clayton County Tax Sale Information" and says the parcels are listed for tax sale on the specified date. The columns:

Here are the files we opened, with the row counts we tallied in each:

Every one of those dates is a first Tuesday. These are not the only sales Clayton has held, only the files we could open, so don't read them as a calendar. In the September 2026 file, the years entry we saw most often was "2024,2025," which suggests many parcels were a couple of years behind by sale day.

These small files are sale lists, not a delinquency roll. A file also goes stale if an owner pays before sale day, so treat any PDF as a moment in time and ask the office what is current.

Who holds Clayton County's tax records?

The office is the Clayton County Tax Commissioner, in Annex 3, 2nd Floor, 121 South McDonough Street, Jonesboro. Property tax is (770) 477-3311, and hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. The Tax Assessor sits in the same building on the 4th floor at (770) 477-3285.

When you call, ask four things:

1. Is a sale set for the coming first Tuesday, and where is the file?
2. Which newspaper carries the legal notices?
3. Do bidders need to register, and what forms of payment do you take?
4. Does a full delinquency report exist, and what would a copy cost?

Get those answers from the office itself and write down who told you. A date or bidder rule heard secondhand on a forum is a poor basis for a cashier's check.

Due dates are a separate question. The Georgia Department of Revenue's Clayton page lists December 20 as the official payment date, adds that the local governing authority may move it or bill in installments, and tells taxpayers to verify details locally. So the bill in hand, not a general calendar, tells you when a given account went past due.

How many tax-delinquent properties does Goliath have in Clayton County, Georgia?

Clayton County, Georgia currently has 1 tax-delinquent property on record in Goliath's records, with the page's data current as of June 29, 2026. The rows below are Goliath's own counts at their listed dates and have not been changed.

Don't confuse that 1 with how many parcels are behind in Clayton. The county's September file alone has 43 rows. Our table is a dated look at what Goliath's records held, and it is most interesting for the rest of the mix: trustee sales and foreclosures lead it, so tax is not the only route to a motivated owner here.

What are Georgia's rules once a Clayton County parcel goes to sale?

State law governs the process, so these points apply here as they do elsewhere in Georgia.

Timing. O.C.G.A. § 9-13-161 sets sales for the first Tuesday of the month, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., by public outcry, at the courthouse unless a judge approves another location. The advertisement names the place.

Owner notice. § 48-4-1 requires ten days' written notice of the sale to the defendant, sent by registered or certified mail or statutory overnight delivery. It also allows the ad to describe a parcel by tax parcel number and street address.

Redemption. Under § 48-4-40, the defendant or anyone with a right, title, interest or lien may redeem within 12 months of the sale, and afterward until the right is foreclosed by notice.

The price of redeeming. § 48-4-42 builds the amount like this:

Ending redemption. After 12 months, § 48-4-45 lets the buyer give notice to bar the right, with publication once a week for four consecutive weeks. Have an attorney run this. A sloppy notice is an expensive way to learn the statute.

Surplus. § 48-4-5 has the officer send notice of excess funds by first-class mail within 30 days of the sale, to the record owner and holders of recorded interests. Funds unclaimed after five years go to the state.

None of this is legal advice, and the code copies we read carry their publisher's warning to verify the current text with the Georgia legislature.

How do you work a Clayton County tax sale file?

To work a Clayton County tax sale file, start with Years and Fair Market Value to rank what's worth your time, then compare the Cry-Out Bid to your own value estimate. Remember that the bid buys a deed with a 12-month redemption window, and your cash may sit idle for that stretch, so a wide gap is only part of the picture. Then use the portal's real estate search on each parcel, drive the ones that survive, and order title before you commit a dollar.

If you'd rather reach the owner before sale day, you'll need a phone number and a compliance plan. Whether an offer on a house counts as telemarketing is for your lawyer to say. Meanwhile, assume calls and texts fall under the rules, and scrub against the do-not-call rules the FTC describes.

Goliath is data and software, not a lead service, and it can pair a tax signal with others like the trustee sale and pre-foreclosure rows above, each record tied to its source. Its pricing sits at the premium end, so weigh it against your volume. Our Georgia search guide and a free county records walkthrough go further for free.