Carroll County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Carroll County, seat of Huntingdon: 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.
- Format
- GovEase
- Registration
- Register with GovEase before bidding.
- County office
- (731) 986-1920
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On this page
How Carroll County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Carroll County
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Register with GovEase before bidding.
When it runs
Annual, late April, 10 a.m. The 2026 notice states: "we will be having an Online Delinquent Property Tax Sale for the 2023 Taxes on Friday, April 24, 2026 beginning at 10:00 A.M." The prior sale, for 2022 taxes, ran Friday, April 25, 2025 at 10:01 a.m.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
The county and its towns (Bruceton, Hollow Rock, Huntingdon, McKenzie, Trezevant, and in some years McLemoresville) file joint delinquent tax suits in Chancery Court, so one combined sale covers county and municipal taxes. The sale moved online to GovEase for the April 2026 sale after running in person in 2025 at the Chancery Court Room (Room 223), second floor of the Carroll County Courthouse, 99 Court Square, Huntingdon; the 2025 notice required cash and stated checks would not be accepted. A $275 per-parcel fee was added to the delinquent taxes on March 27, 2026 ahead of the 2026 sale. Properties sell subject to the statutory right of redemption. The court orders each Notice of Sale published in the McKenzie Banner and the Carroll County News-Leader; the county website itself carries no tax sale page. Questions go to Carroll County Chancery Court at (731) 986-1920.
Source: Carroll County Chancery Court 2023 Delinquent Tax Sale bidder notice, published in the McKenzie Banner, March 2026· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Carroll County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Carroll 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
Use Published tax sale notices, Carroll County News-Leader for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Carroll County as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Carroll County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Published tax sale notices, Carroll County News-Leader. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
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
- Kenneth Todd is the Clerk and Master; he signed the 2025 Notice of Sale, and the county website and the UT CTAS directory both list him with phone (731) 986-1920 (email [email protected] per CTAS).
- Carroll County's own website has no tax sale page. Sale terms and parcel lists publish through court ordered notices in the McKenzie Banner and the Carroll County News-Leader, and the sale notice PDFs cited here are hosted on those newspapers' content servers.
- The sale format changed between cycles: in person at the courthouse in April 2025, online on GovEase in April 2026. Confirm the format for the next cycle with the Clerk and Master before planning to bid.
- On GovEase's auction list, the Carroll District 1 and District 2 entries appear under Mississippi and are Carroll County, Mississippi, not this county. The Tennessee Carroll County auction appears on GovEase only while a sale cycle is open; the April 24, 2026 sale has passed.
- The courthouse address (99 Court Square, Huntingdon) is quoted from the 2025 Notice of Sale, which placed the auction in the Chancery Court Room, Room 223, on the second floor. The county's general office complex is separate, at 625 High Street, Suite 101, Huntingdon, TN 38344.
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 Carroll 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 Carroll County hold tax deed sales?
Carroll County holds its tax deed sale once a year. 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 Chancery Court of Carroll County 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 Carroll County tax sale list?
Carroll County posts its tax sale list at newsleaderonline.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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