Cannon County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Cannon County, seat of Woodbury: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Cannon County does not publish a tax sale date.
- Registration
- Bidder registration terms are not published online.
- County office
- (615) 563-5936
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How Cannon County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Cannon County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Cannon County does not publish a tax sale date.
- Registration
- Bidder registration terms are not published online.
When it runs
Cannon County does not publish a tax sale date. No sale notice, calendar entry, or auction announcement appears anywhere on the county's official website. The only dated delinquency fact the county publishes is on the Trustee's page: "Tax bills are mailed in October and become delinquent if not paid by the last day in February of the following year." That is the delinquency trigger, not a sale date. Confirm sale timing directly with the Clerk and Master at (615) 563-5936.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
No auction platform was verified for Cannon County, so none is listed here. The county's official site carries no tax sale page, and Cannon County does not appear on any publicly reachable GovEase or Bid4Assets listing. Investors should not assume the sale is online. Tennessee's smaller counties frequently sell at the courthouse, but that was not confirmed for Cannon County and is not asserted here. The Chancery Court page names Judge Howard W. Wilson as Chancellor and routes all inquiries to the Clerk and Master, which matches the statewide Tennessee pattern where the Clerk and Master files the delinquent tax suit and conducts the sale. Because Tennessee is a redeemable deed state, a winning bidder takes a deed the owner can redeem, with redemption running from entry of the order confirming the sale. Call the Clerk and Master before planning a bid.
Source: Cannon County Chancery Court, official county website (Clerk and Master contact, Chancellor, court hours)· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Cannon County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Cannon 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
Cannon County does not publish a tax sale date. 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 Cannon County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Cannon 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.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Cannon County's official website publishes no delinquent tax sale page, no sale notice, no bidder registration page, and no delinquent property list.
- The Chancery Court page lists Judge Howard W. Wilson as Chancellor and directs all inquiries to the Clerk and Master at the courthouse. Court sits "Most Mondays starting at 9 AM until all scheduled cases are heard."
- No auction platform was verified. Cannon County does not appear on any publicly reachable GovEase or Bid4Assets listing, so no online platform is claimed. Verify the sale method with the Clerk and Master before treating it as an online auction.
- The Cannon County Trustee (Norma Knox, (615) 563-2282, fax (615) 563-6476, 200 W. Main St. Courthouse, Woodbury, TN 37190) collects current property taxes. The Clerk and Master handles the delinquent tax suit and the sale, so route bidder questions to the Clerk and Master, not the Trustee.
- Per the Trustee's page, tax bills are mailed in October and become delinquent if unpaid by the last day of February the following year. Tennessee's delinquent tax suit follows that delinquency, so the sale trails it by a period the county does not publish.
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 Cannon 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 Cannon County hold tax deed sales?
Cannon County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Cannon County does not publish a tax sale date. 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 Cannon 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.
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