Haywood County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Haywood County, seat of Brownsville: 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.
- Next sale
- Haywood County publishes no recurring sale month.
- Registration
- Haywood County publishes no bidder registration instructions online.
- County office
- 731-772-0122
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How Haywood County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Haywood County Chancery Court Clerk & Master
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Haywood County publishes no recurring sale month.
- Registration
- Haywood County publishes no bidder registration instructions online.
When it runs
Haywood County publishes no recurring sale month. Each sale date is set case by case by the County Property Tax Committee working with the county delinquent tax attorney. The county's own notice for the committee's "5:30 PM, August 28, 2025" meeting lists "Schedule Property Sale" on the agenda and names "Tax Attorney: Josh Shearon" and "Chancery Clerk & Master: Felicia Bond" as participants. Confirm the current date directly with the Clerk & Master at 731-772-0122.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
The Haywood County Chancery Court page states its jurisdiction covers "delinquent property taxes" and lists Felicia R. Bond as "Chancery Court Clerk & Master," but the county posts no tax sale page, no bidder instructions, and no delinquent or sale list. The only tax sale item published on haywoodtn.gov is a County Property Tax Committee meeting notice whose agenda includes "Review of Properties" and "Schedule Property Sale." Venue is unconfirmed: no official page states whether the sale is held online or at the courthouse, so no venue is recorded here. Haywood County does not appear on the GovEase auction roster, which lists Tennessee counties including Jackson, Coffee, Decatur, Hamblen, Hawkins, Henry, Lawrence, Madison, Montgomery, Obion, Sullivan, Washington and Wayne but not Haywood. Sale notices are filed in Haywood County Chancery Court and advertised in the local newspaper of record rather than on a county web page, so the Clerk & Master's office is the practical source for the next sale date, the property list, and bidding terms. Tennessee sells a redeemable deed: the purchaser takes title subject to the owner's statutory right to redeem by repaying the purchase price with 12 percent annual interest, with the redemption clock running from entry of the order confirming the sale.
Source: Haywood County, Tennessee - Chancery Court (Clerk & Master)· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Haywood County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Haywood 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
Haywood County publishes no recurring sale month. 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 Haywood County Chancery Court Clerk & Master as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Haywood 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
- Clerk & Master is Felicia R. Bond, with Roxana Rodriguez as Chief Deputy Clerk and Robbie Williams as Deputy Clerk, per the county Chancery Court page.
- Office hours are listed as 8:00 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Chancellor Michael Mansfield presides over the 28th Judicial District, which covers Haywood, Crockett and Gibson Counties.
- County property taxes are payable from the first Monday in October through the last day of February; the Trustee page states that "From the first day of each month beginning March 1, penalty and interest of 1.5 percent per month is added to your tax amount."
- The Haywood County Trustee is Tammie Staggs, 1 North Washington Ave., Courthouse, Brownsville, TN 38012, phone 731-772-1722. The Trustee page carries no tax sale information; delinquent accounts move to Chancery Court.
- No delinquent list, sale list, or surplus property list is published on the county website.
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 Haywood 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 Haywood County hold tax deed sales?
Haywood County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Haywood County publishes no recurring sale month. 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 Haywood County Chancery Court Clerk & Master 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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