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Lincoln County, TN tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Lincoln County, seat of Fayetteville: 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 sale month or date is published.
Format
GovEase
Registration
Register at govease.com.
County office
(931) 433-1482
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How Lincoln 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
Lincoln County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No sale month or date is published.
Registration
Register at govease.com.
When it runs
No sale month or date is published. Lincoln County's website carries no tax sale, delinquent tax, or auction page at all, and GovEase's public pages require a login before any auction calendar is visible. Each sale is set by Chancery Court order, so confirm the date directly with the Clerk and Master at (931) 433-1482.
Registration and deposit

Register at govease.com. Create an account or log in, choose Register/Add Auctions under My Account, select the county, then upload or electronically sign every county-required document. GovEase states counties either accept a bank letter that establishes the approval amount or ask the bidder to contact the county directly to declare it. Watch the My Registrations page until the status reads Approved and the total approved dollar amount is shown. Payment is handled by the county, not by GovEase, and each county's registration documents carry its own payment methods and deadlines.

Sale format and venue
Tennessee sells a redeemable deed here: the purchaser takes title subject to the former owner's statutory right to redeem after the court enters the order confirming the sale. GovEase's Tennessee auction rules table lists Lincoln with a $1.00 minimum bid increment and a 2 minute bid clock per parcel, with no bid clock reset. Bidding opens at face value, meaning the taxes, fees and penalties ascertained by the court, and a bidder enters only the overbid amount above that; entering 0 bids face value alone. Face value is added to the winning overbid to produce the total owed. GovEase also notes the clerk and master may re-bid or remove a parcel at any time during or after the auction. Lincoln County publishes no parcel list of its own, so the sale list is reachable only inside GovEase once registration is approved, or by asking the Clerk and Master's office.
Register on GovEase
Source: GovEase: Tennessee County Contact Information· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Lincoln County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Lincoln 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 at govease.com. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No sale month or date is published. 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 Lincoln County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Lincoln 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 at govease.com. Create an account or log in, choose Register/Add Auctions under My Account, select the county, then upload or electronically sign every county-required document. GovEase states counties either accept a bank letter that establishes the approval amount or ask the bidder to contact the county directly to declare it. Watch the My Registrations page until the status reads Approved and the total approved dollar amount is shown. Payment is handled by the county, not by GovEase, and each county's registration documents carry its own payment methods and deadlines.

  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

Lincoln County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court

(931) 433-1482

112 Main Avenue South, Room B-109, Fayetteville, TN 37334

Official website

County notes

  • The Lincoln County government website has no tax sale, delinquent tax, or property auction page. Every navigation menu, the Document Hub Notices page, the Clerk and Master page, and the Trustee page were checked; the Trustee page covers only current-year collection and online payment, and the Notices page carries a single unrelated posting.
  • The Clerk and Master page states Chancery Court hears 'delinquent property tax suits filed by the City and County', which is the proceeding the tax sale comes out of.
  • The platform was confirmed by cross-matching the phone number: GovEase's Tennessee county contact list names Lincoln County with contact Lynn Hudson at (931) 433-1482, which is the same number Lincoln County publishes for its Clerk and Master. GovEase's Tennessee auction rules table separately lists Lincoln with a $1.00 minimum bid increment and a 2 minute per parcel bid clock.
  • GovEase's live auction system at liveauctions.govease.com is behind a login, so no sale date, parcel list, or bidder packet for Lincoln County is publicly reachable.
  • The Clerk and Master is Rebecca B. Carpenter, appointed by Chancellor J. B. Cox. Office hours listed in the departmental directory are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 4 PM.
  • The county directory lists the Clerk and Master at Room B-109 of the courthouse. The address block at the bottom of the Clerk and Master page reads Room 101, but that is the site-wide footer for the County Mayor's office and its phone number, not the Clerk and Master suite.
  • Property tax payment and lookup for current-year taxes runs through the Trustee, Mary Jane Porter, at (931) 433-1371, separate from the Chancery Court 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 Lincoln 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 Lincoln County hold tax deed sales?

Lincoln County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No sale month or date 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 Lincoln 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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