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Crockett County, TN tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Crockett County, seat of Alamo: 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.

Announcements
No sale date is published on any official Crockett County or GovEase page reachable from the open web.
Format
GovEase
Registration
Register on GovEase before the auction.
County office
(731) 696-5458
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How Crockett 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

GovEase
Run by
Crockett County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court
Frequency
annual
Registration
Register on GovEase before the auction.
When it runs
No sale date is published on any official Crockett County or GovEase page reachable from the open web. Crockett County is set up as a Tennessee tax auction county on GovEase, and GovEase lists the county contact as "Crockett County | James Stephenson | (731) 696-5458", so confirm the next sale date directly with the Clerk and Master.
Registration and deposit

Register on GovEase before the auction. Create an account at govease.com, then under My Account open Register/Add Auctions, select Crockett County, and upload or electronically sign the county's required registration documents. Where the county asks for a bank letter, GovEase notes the county "will typically approve you for that amount"; where it does not, contact the county to declare the approval amount you want. Bidding stays locked until the county approves you: "Once it says Approved next to the county you signed up for, you are good to bid."

Sale format and venue
Tennessee sells a redeemable deed, so a winning bidder takes title subject to the owner's statutory right to redeem by repaying the purchase price with 12 percent per annum interest, with the clock running from entry of the order confirming the sale. Crockett County runs its Tennessee tax auction on GovEase rather than at the courthouse steps: GovEase's Tennessee Rules of the Auction table lists Crockett County with a minimum bid increment of $1.00 and a bid clock of 2 minutes per parcel, and bidding "will begin at face value (taxes owed plus fees and penalties) and continue in a 'bid up / overbid' manner until the auction reaches an end when time runs out." GovEase also runs a separate Crockett County Surplus Sale, a different event in which the county solicits offers for quitclaim deeds to parcels previously struck off to the county at a delinquent tax sale; its minimum bid increment is also $1.00. Crockett County publishes no Clerk and Master or Chancery Court page of its own, and the county government site lists no tax sale information, so the sale list and the sale date come from the Clerk and Master or from the GovEase auction listing once the county posts it.
Register on GovEase
Source: GovEase Help: Tennessee County Contact Information· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Crockett County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Crockett 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

    A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.

  2. Register to bid

    Register on GovEase before the auction. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.

  4. Confirm with the office

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

Before you bid in Crockett County

  1. 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.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Register on GovEase before the auction. Create an account at govease.com, then under My Account open Register/Add Auctions, select Crockett County, and upload or electronically sign the county's required registration documents. Where the county asks for a bank letter, GovEase notes the county "will typically approve you for that amount"; where it does not, contact the county to declare the approval amount you want. Bidding stays locked until the county approves you: "Once it says Approved next to the county you signed up for, you are good to bid."

  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

Crockett County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court), James Stephenson

(731) 696-5458

1 South Bells Street, Suite 5, Alamo, TN 38001

County notes

  • Crockett County has no Clerk and Master or Chancery Court website. The county government site (crockettcountytn.com) lists only the Mayor, County Clerk, Register of Deeds, Property Assessor and Circuit Court Clerk, and carries no tax sale, delinquent tax or auction content.
  • The platform finding is sourced from GovEase itself, not from the county: GovEase's Tennessee county contact list names Crockett County with Clerk and Master James Stephenson at (731) 696-5458, and its Tennessee Rules of the Auction table carries Crockett County's per-parcel bid clock and bid increment. That is platform-side confirmation that the sale runs online, so no in-person courthouse venue should be stated.
  • No sale date, sale list, or bidder deposit amount was found on any official source, which is why data_quality is medium rather than high. Treat the timing as unverified until the Clerk and Master or the GovEase auction listing publishes it.
  • Do not confuse the county's GovEase Surplus Sale with the annual delinquent tax sale. The surplus sale disposes of parcels already struck off to the county by quitclaim deed and runs a first offer period followed by a final offer period in which the leading bid is raised by 10 percent.
  • Crockett County property tax payment runs through the Trustee (Gary Spraggins, (731) 696-5454) at tennesseetrustee.org, but the delinquent tax suit and the sale itself sit with the Clerk and Master, not the Trustee.
  • A search of Crockett County Times public notices surfaced Clerk and Master notices for probate and estate sales at the courthouse door, plus substitute trustee mortgage foreclosures, but no delinquent tax sale notice. Do not mistake those courthouse-steps notices for the tax sale.

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 Crockett 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 Crockett County hold tax deed sales?

Crockett 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 Crockett 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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