Hawkins County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Hawkins County, seat of Rogersville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- There is no fixed annual date.
- Format
- GovEase
- Registration
- Register on GovEase before each sale.
- County office
- (423) 272-8150
On this page
How Hawkins County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Hawkins County Chancery Court, Clerk and Master (Brent Price)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- There is no fixed annual date.
- Registration
- Register on GovEase before each sale.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Register on GovEase before each sale. Registration opens about four weeks ahead: the August 26, 2025 notice states "Online registration will open July 28th, 2025," and the August 26, 2024 notice states "Online registration will open July 26th, 2024." The county flyer directs bidders to create an account at liveauctions.govease.com/Bidder/UserProfile and points to online webinar training at govease.com/bidderhelp; the sale notices point to www.govease.com/help for the same training. GovEase runs Tennessee auctions as overbid sales: bidding opens at the amount owed in taxes, fees and penalties, and bidders enter only the overbid amount, with proxy "Max Overbid" available.
Sale format and venue
Hawkins County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Hawkins 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 Court sales and delinquent tax sales (Clerk and Master) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
There is no fixed annual date. 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 Hawkins County Chancery Court, Clerk and Master (Brent Price) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Hawkins County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Court sales and delinquent tax sales (Clerk and Master). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Register on GovEase before each sale. Registration opens about four weeks ahead: the August 26, 2025 notice states "Online registration will open July 28th, 2025," and the August 26, 2024 notice states "Online registration will open July 26th, 2024." The county flyer directs bidders to create an account at liveauctions.govease.com/Bidder/UserProfile and points to online webinar training at govease.com/bidderhelp; the sale notices point to www.govease.com/help for the same training. GovEase runs Tennessee auctions as overbid sales: bidding opens at the amount owed in taxes, fees and penalties, and bidders enter only the overbid amount, with proxy "Max Overbid" available.
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.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Brent Price has served as Clerk and Master since being appointed in 2020, and signs every tax sale notice.
- The office fax is (423) 272-7347 and general questions about delinquent taxes are directed to (423) 272-8150 on the county page.
- Chancery Court for Hawkins County sits in the Third Judicial District at Rogersville before Chancellor Douglas T. Jenkins.
- Sales run under one continuing docket number, No. 7290, styled State of Tennessee v. Delinquent Taxpayers.
- One auction covers county taxes plus city taxes for Bulls Gap, Church Hill, Kingsport, Mt. Carmel, Rogersville and Surgoinsville.
- The Clerk and Master publishes judgments confirming each sale on the same page, which is the document that starts the redemption clock.
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
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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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