Montgomery County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Montgomery County, seat of Clarksville: 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
- Tax sale scheduled for September 17, 2026.Thursday · 2026
- Format
- GovEase
- Registration
- Bidding is online through GovEase.
- County office
- 931-648-5703
On this page
How Montgomery County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Montgomery County Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court (19th Judicial District)
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- Bidding is online through GovEase.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
Bidding is online through GovEase. The county page states: "You may register to bid on the properties through www.govease.com" and "Registration will open two weeks before the sale." Winning bidders must settle quickly: "Payment in full must be made by within 48 hours" and "Payment must be made in the form of a cashier's check, money order, or cash."
Sale format and venue
Montgomery County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Montgomery 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
Use Tax Sale page (parcel list posted mid-August, updated until sale day) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Tax sale scheduled for September 17, 2026. Bidding runs on GovEase; check posted sale dates, registration status, and bidding windows there.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Montgomery County Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court (19th Judicial District) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Montgomery County
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Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Tax Sale page (parcel list posted mid-August, updated until sale day). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
Bidding is online through GovEase. The county page states: "You may register to bid on the properties through www.govease.com" and "Registration will open two weeks before the sale." Winning bidders must settle quickly: "Payment in full must be made by within 48 hours" and "Payment must be made in the form of a cashier's check, money order, or cash."
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.
New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work.
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County offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- The county web presence moved from mcgtn.org to montgomerytn.gov; mcgtn.org URLs now 301-redirect to montgomerytn.gov, so recipes and stored links should target montgomerytn.gov.
- The delinquent tax suit and sale run through the Chancery Court Clerk and Master, matching the Tennessee default, not through the Circuit Court Clerk.
- Clerk and Master is Heather Moore; office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00am to 4:30pm; email [email protected]; fax 931-648-5759.
- Registration on GovEase opens only two weeks before the sale, so the platform will show nothing for this county most of the year.
- Settlement terms are tight: payment in full within 48 hours by cashier's check, money order, or cash.
- The county explicitly warns the purchaser can be left responsible for taxes the sale proceeds do not cover.
- Redemption is stated as one year from entry of the Order Confirming Sale, consistent with the 12-month tier in Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701 for parcels five years or less delinquent.
- The separate Upcoming Clerk and Master Sales page (judicial foreclosure and court-ordered sales) uses a different platform and a hybrid in-person format in Court Room 304; it is not the delinquent tax sale and should not be used as the tax sale list.
- GovEase's public auctions index does not carry this county between sales, so the platform attribution rests on the county's own tax sale page naming GovEase.
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
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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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