FREE PUBLIC LESSONS
Overage Recovery Learning Center
Start with the records behind the opportunity. These public lessons explain how to find tax sale overage lists, distinguish foreclosure sale types and organize a responsible surplus funds recovery workflow.
Overage recovery begins with research: identifying the correct sale, finding the office holding the money and understanding who may be entitled to claim it. A large amount on a spreadsheet is a starting point for investigation.
Use these lessons in order, or choose the question you are working on. California and Florida examples show why the jurisdiction and sale type belong in every research file.
1. Find and verify overage lists
Locate official county sources, separate auction calendars from surplus reports, and build a source ledger that preserves dates, fund status and unanswered questions.
2. Understand the recovery process
Follow the work from a potential fund through claimant research, informed service choices, documentation, submission and a documented outcome.
3. Compare liens, deeds and foreclosure auctions
Learn which event you are researching, which records to request and why mortgage foreclosure, tax foreclosure and a tax certificate sale require different approaches.
These lessons provide general education. They do not establish anyoneβs entitlement to funds or authorize legal representation. Procedures and service requirements depend on the jurisdiction and facts of the case.
