What Statutory Notice Needs to Be Given to the Former Owner to Bar the Right of Redemption?
The tax sale purchaser of the property must start the process to personally serve the former owner with the below described Notice of Foreclosure of Right to Redeem not less than 45 days prior to the expiration of the date set for redemption in the Notice. The Notices may not be sent until a minimum of one year from the date of purchase has elapsed. Wallace v. President Street, LP, 263 Ga.239, 430 S.E.2d 1 (1993). OCGA 48-4-46 Form of notice of foreclosure of right to redeem; service; time; return and record; waiver. (a) The notice provided for in Code Section 48-4-45 shall be written or printed, or written in part and printed in part, and shall be in substantially the following form: * * * Take notice that: The right to redeem the following described property, to wit: ____________ will expire and be forever foreclosed and barred on and after the ________ day of ________, 19____. The tax deed to which this notice relates is dated the ________ day of ________, 19____, and is recorded in
