Does the Former Owner Have to Tender the Money Paid at the Tax Sale (plus interest) to Get the Property Reconveyed?
Yes. As the statute states, once the holder of the tax deed serves the Notice of Foreclosure of the Right of Redemption, the former owner must tender all the money owed plus interest to challenge the tax deed. There are two (2) exceptions to this rule: 1) the former owner may challenge that the tax was not due at the time the land was sold by the Sheriff, and 2) that no proper Notice was given. OCGA 48-4-47 Tender of redemption price before action to cancel tax deed. (a) After notice to foreclose the right of redemption as provided for in this article has been given, no action shall be filed, allowed, sanctioned, or maintained for the purpose of setting aside, canceling, or in any way invalidating the tax deed referred to in the notice or the title conveyed by the tax deed unless and until the plaintiff in the action pays or legally tenders to the grantee in the deed or to his successors the full amount of the redemption price for the property, as provided for in this article. (b) Subs
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