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Campbell County, TN tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Campbell County, seat of Jacksboro: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
One sale a year, held in May in recent years.
Format
In person
County office
423-562-3496
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How Campbell County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Tennessee counties enforce the tax lien through a delinquent tax suit and sell the property itself; no tax lien certificates are auctioned.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Clerk and Master of the Campbell County Chancery Court
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
One sale a year, held in May in recent years.
Sale list
May 2026 delinquent tax sale notice and parcel list (2023 tax year), published through WLAF News
When it runs
One sale a year, held in May in recent years. The county site lists a Yearly Delinquent Tax Sale among the Clerk and Master's services, and the 2026 notice set the auction for Friday, May 8, 2026, at 9am, in the Chancery Courtroom in the Campbell County Courthouse at Jacksboro, Tennessee. WLAF's coverage shows earlier sales on May 16, 2025, May 19, 2023, and in May 2022, all at 9am at the courthouse.
Registration and deposit

The published sale notice gives no advance bidder registration, deposit, or bidder payment terms; bidding happens live in the courtroom on sale day. Owners can pull a listed parcel by paying the Clerk and Master through 4:30pm the day before the sale, so the final list shrinks, and in the weeks before the 2026 sale the office accepted only cash, cashier's check, money order, or card (with a 4 percent card fee) for those payoffs, not personal checks. Confirm bidder payment requirements with the Clerk and Master at 423-562-3496 before attending.

Sale format and venue
This is a live courthouse auction; no online auction platform is used, so verify any third-party listing with the office. The Clerk and Master's staff conduct the sale with the county's delinquent tax attorney. The May 2026 sale advertised 131 parcels, sold 48 after pre-sale payoffs, and grossed about 1.18 million dollars. Winning bidders take a redeemable deed: interested parties can redeem for up to one year from the order confirming the sale (tiered down to 180, 90, or 30 days), repaying the purchase price plus 12 percent per annum interest. The county posts no sale page of its own; notices and parcel lists circulate through local media, and the Clerk and Master's office is the authoritative contact. In person, Chancery Courtroom of the Campbell County Courthouse in Jacksboro
Source: WLAF News, sale notice and parcel list for the May 8, 2026 Clerk and Master delinquent tax auction· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Campbell County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Campbell 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use May 2026 delinquent tax sale notice and parcel list (2023 tax year), published through WLAF News for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    One sale a year, held in May in recent years. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Clerk and Master of the Campbell County Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Campbell County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from May 2026 delinquent tax sale notice and parcel list (2023 tax year), published through WLAF News. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    The published sale notice gives no advance bidder registration, deposit, or bidder payment terms; bidding happens live in the courtroom on sale day. Owners can pull a listed parcel by paying the Clerk and Master through 4:30pm the day before the sale, so the final list shrinks, and in the weeks before the 2026 sale the office accepted only cash, cashier's check, money order, or card (with a 4 percent card fee) for those payoffs, not personal checks. Confirm bidder payment requirements with the Clerk and Master at 423-562-3496 before attending.

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Clerk and Master, Campbell County Chancery Court

423-562-3496

570 Main Street, Suite 110, Jacksboro, TN 37757; mailing address P.O. Box 182, Jacksboro, TN 37757

Official website

County notes

  • The county's own website confirms the Clerk and Master (Dennis Potter) runs a Yearly Delinquent Tax Sale but publishes no dates, venue, or parcel lists; the sale notice and list for each year's auction circulate through local station WLAF News, which has covered every sale from 2021 through 2026.
  • The 2026 parcel list PDF linked from the WLAF notice was verified loading on 2026-08-18 (hosted at wlaffiles.blob.core.windows.net); a new list appears each spring ahead of the May sale.
  • Recorded recent sale dates, all 9am at the courthouse in Jacksboro: May 8, 2026; May 16, 2025; May 19, 2023; May 2022. The May 2026 results article credits Chief Deputy Clerk Lisa Sanders with running the auction and Joe Coker as delinquent tax attorney.
  • data_quality is medium rather than high because the county's official pages confirm the office and the yearly sale but carry no timing, venue, or list; those specifics are verified from the county's published sale notice as carried by local news, not a county-hosted sale page.

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.
Governing statute
Tenn. Code Ann. Title 67, Chapter 5, Parts 25-27

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Campbell 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 Campbell County hold tax deed sales?

Campbell County holds its tax deed sale once a year. One sale a year, held in May in recent years. 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 Clerk and Master of the Campbell County 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.

Where can I find the Campbell County tax sale list?

Campbell County posts its tax sale list at 1450wlaf.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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.

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