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Henry County, TN tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Henry County, seat of Paris: 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
No fixed annual date.
Format
GovEase
Registration
There is no standing registration packet on the Chancery Court site.
County office
(731) 642-2310
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How Henry 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
Clerk and Master, Henry County Chancery Court
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No fixed annual date.
Registration
There is no standing registration packet on the Chancery Court site.
Sale list
Upcoming Auctions (Henry County Chancery Court)
When it runs
No fixed annual date. The county Delinquent Tax FAQ says the court "is anticipated to hold a delinquent tax sale approximately every two years, although sales could be more or less frequent," that "Sale information (dates, location, etc.) will be published in the Paris Post Intelligencer," and that "Sale dates cannot be released in advance, as they are subject to change prior to publication." The court's own results files record recent sales on July 15, 2025 and August 4, 2026.
Registration and deposit

There is no standing registration packet on the Chancery Court site. For the online path, GovEase requires a bidder to create an account, register for the specific Henry County auction, upload or e-sign the county's documents, and receive Henry County approval before any bid is accepted; approval is tied to a bank letter amount. Under GovEase's Tennessee rules a bidder enters only the overbid: "the taxes owed / face value will be added to your overbid (or excess bid) as the total amount due to the county should you win the parcel." Payment methods and deadlines are set by the county, not the platform, so confirm them with the Clerk and Master. Confirm the venue for each sale as well, because the county FAQ allows either an online sale or a public outcry sale.

Sale format and venue
Tennessee sells a redeemable deed and Henry County runs the sale through the Chancery Court, with the Clerk and Master conducting it. The county Delinquent Tax FAQ states that "Sales may be held by public outcry or electronically via the Internet," and that the parcel list is published in the Paris Post Intelligencer before the sale rather than posted online in advance. The Chancery Court site itself names no auction platform, but GovEase operates a Henry County, Tennessee portal that loads and identifies itself as "TN - Henry," so treat GovEase as the online venue and verify each sale from the newspaper notice or by calling the Clerk and Master. Bidding is an overbid above the face value of taxes owed: the August 4, 2026 results spreadsheet posted by the court records Face Value, Overbid Amount and Overbid percent for each of 29 parcels. Every sale is subject to court confirmation. Per the FAQ, a buyer does not own the parcel until the order confirming the sale is signed by the Chancellor and filed in the Chancery Court record, which may take several weeks, and the redemption period runs from that filing date. The FAQ puts the redemption period at 12 months for many parcels and as short as 30 days for abandoned property, and directs redeemers to file a motion to redeem in the Chancery Court office. Parcels drawing no bid are struck off to the county; after redemption expires the Henry County Mayor may resell them through a separate surplus quitclaim process handled by the Henry County Attorney, which is not the tax sale.
Register on GovEase
Source: Henry County Chancery Court, Delinquent Tax FAQ· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Henry County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Henry 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 Upcoming Auctions (Henry County Chancery Court) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    There is no standing registration packet on the Chancery Court site. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No fixed annual date. 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 Clerk and Master, Henry County Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Henry County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Upcoming Auctions (Henry County Chancery Court). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    There is no standing registration packet on the Chancery Court site. For the online path, GovEase requires a bidder to create an account, register for the specific Henry County auction, upload or e-sign the county's documents, and receive Henry County approval before any bid is accepted; approval is tied to a bank letter amount. Under GovEase's Tennessee rules a bidder enters only the overbid: "the taxes owed / face value will be added to your overbid (or excess bid) as the total amount due to the county should you win the parcel." Payment methods and deadlines are set by the county, not the platform, so confirm them with the Clerk and Master. Confirm the venue for each sale as well, because the county FAQ allows either an online sale or a public outcry sale.

  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

Henry County Chancery Court, Clerk and Master

(731) 642-2310

P.O. Box 313, 101 W. Washington Street, Paris, TN 38242

Official website

County notes

  • The Tennessee AOC clerk directory lists Albert Wade as Henry County Clerk and Master, P.O. Box 313, 101 W. Washington Street, Paris, TN 38242, phone (731) 642-2310, [email protected]. The Chancery Court's own About page gives (731) 642-4234 as the office contact number, so both numbers are current official listings.
  • The Chancery Court office that collects delinquent property taxes is Suite 101 of the Henry County Courthouse. Its About page says it collects delinquent property taxes for the county and for the cities of Paris, Henry, Puryear and Cottage Grove.
  • Sale dates are deliberately withheld until newspaper publication, so no forward date is posted online. The durable places to watch are the Upcoming Auctions page and the Delinquent Tax Sale Results page.
  • Documented sale dates taken from the court's own posted results files: July 15, 2025 and August 4, 2026 (the August 2026 file lists 29 parcels sold).
  • G. Robert Whitfield III is the Delinquent Tax Attorney for the Henry County Trustee. That firm's page describes a Resale List and a deposit of $500; both belong to the county's surplus quitclaim resale of parcels previously struck off to the county, not to the Chancery Court delinquent tax sale.
  • GovEase's Henry County portal carries no active auction between sales, consistent with the August 4, 2026 sale having closed.

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 Henry 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 Henry County hold tax deed sales?

Henry County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual date. 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, Henry County 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.

Where can I find the Henry County tax sale list?

Henry County posts its tax sale list at henrycountychancerycourt.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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