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Johnson County, TN tax sales

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

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Next sale
No sale month, date, or annual schedule is published.
County office
423-727-7853
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How Johnson 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
Johnson County Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No sale month, date, or annual schedule is published.
When it runs
No sale month, date, or annual schedule is published. The Clerk and Master's General Information page describes the duty only as "Tax Sales & Auctioning of real and personal property, if necessary, when ordered by the Court," which names no recurring month and no set date.
Registration and deposit

Bidders register with the clerk that runs the sale under its published terms, either at the clerk and master's office for an in-person auction or on the county's online platform. The court orders the sale for cash, certified funds, cashier's check, money order, or ACH transfer, and Tennessee sets no statewide deposit percentage, so confirm the county's payment deadline and accepted funds before bidding.

Sale format and venue
The Johnson County Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court is the office that runs the redeemable tax deed sale. Its General Information page lists "Collection of delinquent taxes for Johnson County and Mountain City, Tennessee" and "Tax Sales & Auctioning of real and personal property, if necessary, when ordered by the Court," and the court's home page states that the Chancery Court collects delinquent property taxes for the county and for Mountain City. Beyond that duty statement, no delinquent tax sale logistics are published anywhere on the county's official web presence. There is no tax sale page, no bidder registration instructions, no delinquent or sale list, no deposit terms, and no sale date. The venue is deliberately left blank: no auction platform is verified for this county, and neither an online platform nor an in person courthouse sale should be assumed. The court's "Upcoming Auctions" page is NOT a tax sale page. It advertises court ordered auctions of specific parcels conducted by a private auctioneer, Ron Ramsey & Associates, with 10% down on the day of sale and the balance due at closing in roughly 30 days, subject to Chancery Court approval. Those are judicial sales of particular properties, not the county's delinquent tax sale, and the page carries no mention of tax sales, delinquent taxes, or any online bidding platform. The Clerk and Master's Forms page likewise carries no tax sale, bidder registration, or redemption form. The county government homepage and its office directories contain no tax sale link at all. Investors should confirm the sale date, the venue, registration, and deposit terms directly with the Clerk and Master by phone before relying on any third party listing site. Tennessee statewide rules still govern whatever sale the county holds: the clerk bids the ascertained debt as the minimum, a purchaser bidding above it receives a redeemable deed, and the redemption period runs from entry of the order confirming the sale under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701.
Source: Johnson County TN Chancery Court, General Information (Clerk and Master duties)· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Johnson County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Johnson 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

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    No sale month, date, or annual schedule 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 Johnson County Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Johnson 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

    Bidders register with the clerk that runs the sale under its published terms, either at the clerk and master's office for an in-person auction or on the county's online platform. The court orders the sale for cash, certified funds, cashier's check, money order, or ACH transfer, and Tennessee sets no statewide deposit percentage, so confirm the county's payment deadline and accepted funds before bidding.

  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

Johnson County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Sherrie Fenner, Clerk and Master)

423-727-7853

222 West Main Street, Mountain City, TN 37683 (mailing: P.O. Box 196, Mountain City, TN 37683)

Official website

County notes

  • No county-specific redeemable tax deed sale page exists. The Clerk and Master's official site has Home, Upcoming Auctions, Forms, General Information, About, and Contact pages, and none of them publish tax sale logistics.
  • The Clerk and Master's authority over the sale is confirmed in writing: the General Information page lists collection of delinquent taxes for Johnson County and Mountain City, plus "Tax Sales & Auctioning of real and personal property, if necessary, when ordered by the Court."
  • Do not read the court's "Upcoming Auctions" page as a tax sale calendar. It lists individual court ordered auctions run by a private auctioneer (Ron Ramsey & Associates), with 10% down at sale and the balance due at closing in about 30 days, subject to Chancery Court approval.
  • No auction platform was verified. GovEase serves many Tennessee counties, but nothing on Johnson County's official pages names GovEase or any other platform, so neither an online sale nor an in person courthouse sale is recorded here.
  • Office hours listed on the Clerk and Master's Contact page are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Fax is 423-727-7012.
  • The county's Administrative Offices directory lists [email protected] as the Clerk and Master email and links to https://johnsoncountytnchancerycourt.info/ as the office website.
  • The Johnson County Trustee (Lisa J. Crowder, 423-727-9062, Johnson County Courthouse, 222 W Main Street, Mountain City) collects current property taxes and hosts a tax lookup at johnson.tennesseetrustee.org, but publishes no tax sale information.
  • No county-specific sale page, platform, or date is published anywhere, so treat the Clerk and Master's phone number as the only reliable route to current sale logistics.

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 Johnson 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 Johnson County hold tax deed sales?

Johnson County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No sale month, date, or annual schedule 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 Johnson County Clerk and Master of the 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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