Benton County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Benton County, seat of Camden: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
New to tax sales? Read how Tennessee tax sales work or look terms up in the glossary.
- Next sale
- Not published.
- Registration
- Not published online.
- County office
- (731) 584-4435
Every displayed fact carries a source badge. Verified Aug 18, 2026 against official county and state pages.How we verify
On this page
How Benton County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Benton County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published.
- Registration
- Not published online.
When it runs
Not published. The county's Clerk and Master page says only that the office "collects delinquent taxes for the county and city and oversees tax sales"; no sale month, calendar, or notice appears anywhere on the county site. Tennessee tax sales follow delinquent tax suits in Chancery Court, so dates are set case by case as suits mature. Call the Clerk and Master at (731) 584-4435 for the next scheduled sale.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Benton County publishes no tax sale page, property list, or bidder terms online. No online auction platform is confirmed for this county: Benton County is not on the GovEase Tennessee roster, so expect a live sale administered by the Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court and verify the format, date, and terms with the office. The winning bidder takes a redeemable deed; the former owner can redeem within the tiered window under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701, up to 12 months from entry of the order confirming the sale, by repaying the purchase price plus 12 percent per annum.
Source: Benton County, TN Clerk and Master page (official county site)· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Benton County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Benton County tax sale 2026 searches, use the county-run sources below rather than a copied parcel list, and confirm the parcel, registration cutoff, deposit, and payment deadline against the county before you bid.
Get the advertised list
A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.Register to bid
Sale day
Not published. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Benton County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Benton County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
The county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the county office contacts below and confirm the advertised parcels directly before you price a bid.Check the state rules that change the bid
Read the Tennessee due-diligence checklist before bidding. Redemption, liens that survive a tax deed, title cleanup, and payment deadlines can change what a parcel is worth.Set a walk-away number
Work out what the parcel is actually worth with the rural land value estimator, then turn it into a ceiling with the tax deed max-bid calculator.
Over-the-counter (leftover) purchases
unsold properties
Parcels struck to the county at the tax sale can be bought from the county afterward. Each county mayor must publish a list of county-held parcels by July 1 every year, and any person may file a written offer for one. The county advertises the offer, competing bidders have ten days to raise it by 10 percent or more, and the highest offer wins, sometimes through an online resale. A parcel bought before the redemption period expires stays subject to redemption. Ask the county mayor's office or the clerk and master where the current list is posted.
County-held parcel listings are published per county under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2511; find the current list on the county's website or newspaper of record
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work.
Use the arrow keys to switch between these sections.
County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- The Clerk and Master, Carly Bayless, serves as Clerk of the Chancery Court and sits in the Benton County Courthouse at 1 Court Square, Room 206, Camden, TN 38320, phone (731) 584-4435. The county's official page states the office "collects delinquent taxes for the county and city and oversees tax sales", so City of Camden delinquencies also route through this office.
- Current-year taxes are paid to the County Trustee, Beverly Beal, Room 103 on the first floor of the Benton County Courthouse in Camden, phone (731) 584-6211, fax (731) 584-2945, Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Trustee page states "Benton County property taxes are due the last day of February" and "Interest of 1.5% will be applied to all delinquent property taxes on the first of each month beginning March 1, in accordance with Tennessee law."
- The county publishes no delinquent tax list, sale calendar, or auction notices on its site, and the site's calendar page carries no events. Request the current delinquent tax suit and sale information directly from the Clerk and Master.
- GovEase's live auction portal serves several Tennessee counties (Hamblen, Henry, Lawrence, Madison, Montgomery, Obion, Sullivan, and Washington among them) but its roster did not include Benton County as of August 2026, so no online bidding channel is verified for this county.
- Current property tax payment and parcel search runs through the Trustee's Citisen Portal at https://citisenportal.com/Search/Benton%20County%20Trustee; this is a payment portal, not a tax sale platform.
Tennessee rules
- Redemption
- The right to redeem vests when the court enters the order confirming the sale and never runs longer than one year from that date. The court sets each parcel's period before the sale on a statutory scale: one year when the taxes were delinquent 5 years or less, 180 days when delinquent more than 5 but less than 8 years, 90 days when delinquent 8 years or more, and 30 days when the court finds the property vacant and abandoned. To redeem, an interested person files a motion in the same lawsuit and must first pay the clerk the full redemption amount; the purchaser then has 30 days after notice to ask the court for additional reimbursements. When the court declares the redemption complete, title divests from the purchaser and the clerk refunds the purchase money plus everything owed. During the redemption period the purchaser owes no duty to insure the parcel and is not liable for damage to it except from the purchaser's own intentional acts. Separately, a suit attacking the validity of the sale itself must normally be filed within one year of the confirmation order, with an absolute three-year outer limit.
- Deed deposit
- No statewide deposit percentage exists. The statute fixes the form of payment (cash, certified funds, cashier's check, money order, or ACH transfer) and each court sets its own payment terms. Davidson County takes cashier's checks only, Rutherford County requires payment by close of business the day after the sale, and counties selling through GovEase collect payment through the platform. Confirm the terms with the clerk and master that runs the sale before bidding.
- Surplus proceeds
- Sale proceeds pay the delinquent tax attorney, then court costs, then the taxing entities. Any excess is claimed by motion in the same case: remaining taxes are paid first, then lienholders in order of priority (pre-sale liens before post-sale liens), then the former owner. Filing the motion ends any remaining redemption period as to the movant. Excess proceeds nobody claims pass to the state under the Uniform Unclaimed Property Act.
A tax deed does not convey marketable title. Most buyers file a quiet title action before they can resell or insure the property. See the due diligence guide.
Frequently asked questions
Does Benton County, Tennessee sell tax liens or tax deeds?
Tax deeds. Tennessee sells no tax lien certificates to investors; the county sells the property itself at a public tax sale.
How often does Benton County hold tax deed sales?
Benton County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not published. Each sale is scheduled and advertised in advance, so check the county's tax deed calendar for the next posted date.
I own a property in this sale. Can I stop it?
Often yes, by paying the overdue taxes, interest, and costs before the deadline. Tennessee's redemption rule: Up to 1 year from entry of the order confirming the sale, tiered by how long the taxes were delinquent. Call the Benton County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court) as early as possible for your exact payoff and options; deadlines are strict. Free help: lawhelp.org lists legal aid programs, and consumerfinance.gov lists HUD-approved housing counselors.
Verified Aug 18, 2026 against official county and state sources.
Tax Sale Atlas publishes educational information about public tax sale processes. This is not legal, financial, or investment advice. Rules, dates, and fees change; confirm with the county office before you bid.
More Tennessee counties
Browse all 95 Tennessee counties
Compare sale calendars, platforms, and rules across the state, or read the guides before you bid.