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Coffee County, TN tax sales

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

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Next sale
No fixed sale month is published.
Registration
Not published online.
County office
931-723-5132
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How Coffee 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

Run by
Coffee County Chancery Court, Office of the Clerk and Master (Clerk and Master Sheila Proffitt)
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No fixed sale month is published.
Registration
Not published online.
Sale list
Property Sale List (Chancery Court)
When it runs
No fixed sale month is published. The county documents the delinquency calendar instead. County taxes become delinquent March 1 and "begin to accrue 1.5 % penalty and interest and increases each month thereafter," and delinquent accounts are "turned over to Chancery Court on April 1st." The Delinquent Property Taxes page states: "By April 1 of each year, lawsuits have been filed for collection of property taxes unpaid for the previous two years." Sales follow those tax suits on the Chancery Court's own schedule. As of August 2026 the county's Property Sale List read "There are no properties subject to a Delinquent Tax sale at this time," so no sale was pending.
Registration and deposit

Not published online. The county posts no bidder registration form, deposit amount, or auction-account requirement. The Delinquent Property Taxes page directs callers to 931-723-5132 for delinquent Coffee County and City of Manchester amounts, and to 931-455-2648 for City of Tullahoma amounts. Contact the Clerk and Master for sale terms and bidding instructions once a sale is set.

Sale format and venue
Coffee County's delinquent tax sales run through Chancery Court, not the Trustee. The county page states: "In Coffee County, suits filed by the County and by the cities of Manchester and Tullahoma to collect delinquent property taxes are filed in Chancery Court," and that upon proper notice and court order the property "may be sold at public auction to collect the amount owed" in taxes, penalty, court cost, attorney fees and expenses. The Clerk and Master's Property Sale List page is the county's own sale list, and as of August 2026 it carried no properties. The county publishes no auction platform, no bidding rules, and no deposit terms. GovEase's Tennessee jurisdiction list does include an entry named "Coffee Special Commissioner Sale Posting," but that is a notice-posting entry rather than a confirmed live online bidding venue, and Coffee does not appear as a standalone bidding jurisdiction the way several other Tennessee counties do, so no platform URL is recorded here. Confirm the venue and whether bidding is online or in person at the Justice Center with the Clerk and Master at 931-723-5132 before planning to bid.
Source: Coffee County, TN - Delinquent Property Taxes· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Coffee County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Coffee 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 Property Sale List (Chancery Court) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    Not published online. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No fixed sale month is published. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Coffee County Chancery Court, Office of the Clerk and Master (Clerk and Master Sheila Proffitt) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Coffee County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Property Sale List (Chancery Court). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Not published online. The county posts no bidder registration form, deposit amount, or auction-account requirement. The Delinquent Property Taxes page directs callers to 931-723-5132 for delinquent Coffee County and City of Manchester amounts, and to 931-455-2648 for City of Tullahoma amounts. Contact the Clerk and Master for sale terms and bidding instructions once a sale is set.

  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

Coffee County Chancery Court, Office of the Clerk and Master

931-723-5132

300 Hillsboro Blvd, Box 8, Manchester, TN 37355

Official website

County notes

  • Three taxing bodies file delinquent tax suits in Coffee County Chancery Court: the County, the City of Manchester, and the City of Tullahoma. Chancery Court collects for the County and Manchester. Tullahoma files its suit in Chancery Court but "collects the payments at City Hall in Tullahoma" (931-455-2648).
  • Clerk and Master is Sheila Proffitt. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fax is 931-723-8206.
  • The physical office is 300 Hillsboro Boulevard, 1st Floor Justice Center, Manchester, TN 37355. Mail goes to 300 Hillsboro Boulevard, Box 8, Manchester, TN 37355.
  • The Trustee (John Marchesoni, 931-723-5128, 1341 McArthur St, Ste A, Manchester, TN 37355; mailing P.O. Box 467, Manchester, TN 37349) handles current-year collection only and refers delinquent real property to Chancery Court on April 1. Delinquent personal property taxes are routed to American Financial Credit Services and are not part of the real property tax sale.
  • GovEase lists "Coffee Special Commissioner Sale Posting" among its Tennessee jurisdictions. Other Tennessee counties on that same list appear both as a bare county entry (live bidding) and as a separate posting entry, while Coffee appears only in the posting form. That asymmetry suggests notice posting rather than live online bidding, so the platform was left unrecorded rather than guessed.
  • The county's Property Sale List page is a live, maintained page that states when nothing is pending, so it is a reliable place to watch for the next sale rather than an unfinished stub.

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 Coffee 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 Coffee County hold tax deed sales?

Coffee County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed sale month is 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 Coffee County Chancery Court, Office of the Clerk and Master (Clerk and Master Sheila Proffitt) 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 Coffee County tax sale list?

Coffee County posts its tax sale list at coffeecountytn.gov. 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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