How to check if property taxes are paid on a property in Atlanta, GA

Property tax bills and delinquencies in Atlanta (Fulton County) are with the Fulton County Board of Assessors. In Atlanta the HeritageDeed report does not search delinquent taxes, so check that office directly.

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Step by step in Atlanta

1. 1

   Look up the tax account

   Find the parcel in the Fulton County Board of Assessors records and its tax bill for the current and past years.

2. 2

   Check for delinquency

   Unpaid taxes become a lien on the property and can lead to a tax sale; check whether any year is delinquent.

What Atlanta records show

Atlanta property tax in numbers

The median owner-occupied home in Fulton County pays $4,033 a year, an effective rate of 0.88%, ranked 66 of 158 in Georgia. Fulton County property tax rate.

A real Atlanta report

We ran this search on the Fulton County Courthouse (136 Pryor St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303): 1 deed, 0 open security deeds, 0 recorded liens. See the Atlanta sample report.

What the report checks in Atlanta

• Owner of record, situs address and subdivision from the county tax parcel records
• Tax executions and other liens, with any transfer to a buyer and the release or cancellation that clears them

Not covered here

• Executions and liens found only under the owner's name, with no parcel number, must be confirmed against the owner's identity. The Tax Commissioner's current balance is not searched.

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More about Atlanta property records

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