Marion County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Marion County, seat of Jasper: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No sale calendar is published.
- Registration
- Not published online.
- County office
- (423) 942-2601
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How Marion County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Marion County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Clerk and Master Paige Mashburn)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No sale calendar is published.
- Registration
- Not published online.
When it runs
No sale calendar is published. The county's Services page describes the office only in general terms, saying the Chancery Court handles cases involving "domestic relations, worker's compensation, estates, trusts, contracts, collect delinquent taxes, guardianships, and conservatorships, dissolution of partnerships and corporations, enforcement of liens, boundary lines" and that "The Clerk and Master handles the paperwork and fees associated with this court." As of August 2026 no sale date, month, notice, or delinquent list appears anywhere on marioncountytn.net, and the site's page index carries no tax sale page. Sales are set case by case once the court orders one, so call the Clerk and Master at (423) 942-2601 for the next scheduled sale.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Sale venue is not established for this county, and nothing on the county's official pages names one, so treat both an online platform and a courthouse auction as unconfirmed until the Clerk and Master states which applies. GovEase's own jurisdiction list was checked and its Tennessee group covers City of Jackson, Coffee, Decatur, Hamblen, Hawkins, Henry, Lawrence, Madison, Montgomery, Obion, Sullivan, Washington, and Wayne, with no Marion County entry, so no online platform URL is recorded here. Tennessee sells a redeemable deed: the Clerk and Master bids the ascertained debt as the minimum bid, a purchaser bidding above it takes title through the order confirming the sale, and interested parties may redeem within a tiered window of up to one year from entry of that order (stepping down to 180, 90, or 30 days by length of delinquency and on a vacant-and-abandoned finding), repaying the purchase price plus 12 percent per annum under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701.
Source: Marion County, Tennessee official website, Services page (Clerk and Master and Trustee sections)· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Marion County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Marion 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
No sale calendar is published. 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 Marion County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Clerk and Master Paige Mashburn) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Marion 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 notes
- Marion County publishes no tax sale page. Its official site index lists a Court page and a Services page, and neither names a sale date, bidder registration process, auction platform, or delinquent parcel list.
- The county's Court page lists only the Circuit Court Clerk, the General Sessions Court Judge, and the Juvenile Court Judge. The Clerk and Master appears on the Services and Office Holders pages instead, so the Chancery Court is easy to miss when navigating the site.
- Courthouse address and hours from the county contact page: Marion County Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Jasper, TN 37347, open Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. The county's general mailing address is P.O. Box 789, Jasper, TN 37347, listed for the Mayor's Office; no separate suite or post office box is published for the Clerk and Master.
- Current-year property taxes are paid to the Marion County Trustee, Diane Massengale, (423) 942-2681, who collects county property taxes and offers payment in office, by mail, or online. Unpaid accounts move to the Clerk and Master for the delinquent tax suit.
- Marion County sits in Tennessee's 12th judicial district. The Clerk and Master's published email is on the state court domain ([email protected]), which is a faster route than the county web form for sale questions.
- Investors should confirm the sale format before planning to bid. GovEase hosts several Tennessee jurisdictions but not this one, and the county has published nothing that identifies an online platform or a courthouse auction.
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 Marion 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 Marion County hold tax deed sales?
Marion County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No sale calendar 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 Marion County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Clerk and Master Paige Mashburn) 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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