Code of Alabama
Article 7 - Sale of Tax Liens.
Section 40-10-199 - Retention of Tax Liens Not Sold at Auction; Private Tax Lien Sales; Reporting.

(a) Tax liens that are not sold at the tax lien auction conducted by the tax collecting official shall be separated in the tax lien auction list as prescribed by Section 40-10-183 and the county shall retain the lien pursuant to Section 40-1-3. The tax collecting official, within 45 days after the tax lien auction date, may sell at private sale an unsold tax lien for no less than all taxes, interest, penalties, costs, and fees. The purchaser at private sale shall be entitled to interest on the amount paid at a rate agreed to by the tax collecting official, not to exceed 12 percent. All private tax lien sales shall be entered in the record of tax lien auctions and sales, as provided in Section 40-10-188.
(b) All tax liens that remain unsold by the tax lien auction or sale shall be included in all future tax lien auctions or sales until sold.
(c) Any tax lien that does not sell at auction shall be reported to the county commission when seeking approval of errors in assessments, litigations, or insolvents as the tax collecting official will be allowed credit for taxes due to this state upon final settlement with the state Comptroller.

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