We research publicly available county tax sale records to identify cases where a property sold for more than the taxes owed, creating a surplus. Georgia law requires counties to hold these surplus funds, which may be claimed by the former owner or their heirs — but the process for finding out about them, and for claiming them, is not straightforward.
We use public records to identify former property owners and their families, based on the property and sale records we've reviewed.
We're glad to discuss the specifics by phone once we've verified your identity and connection to the property. We hold off on sharing exact figures in writing until we've confirmed we're speaking with the right person — this protects your information as much as it protects the process.
In some cases, yes — Georgia counties do have public excess funds lists, and you're welcome to check directly with the relevant county. But in practice, this is difficult to manage alone: confirming the surplus and its amount, correctly completing county-specific forms and notarization requirements, meeting deadlines, following up through review, and handling any legal filings a court may require. Getting any of these wrong can delay recovery for months, or push a straightforward claim into a costly court process.
We manage this entire process for you, start to finish, and you only pay if we succeed. If we're not able to recover the funds, you owe us nothing — the risk of the process is ours, not yours.
That's a fair question given how this can look. A few things that may help you decide for yourself: we work strictly on contingency, meaning we're never asking you for money upfront; we reference the specific property and county involved, which you can verify independently with the county; and everything we do is grounded in a well-established area of Georgia law governing tax sale surplus funds.
