Moore County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Moore County, seat of Lynchburg: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Not published.
- Registration
- Not published online.
- County office
- 931-759-7028
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How Moore County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Clerk and Master, Moore County Chancery Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published.
- Registration
- Not published online.
When it runs
Not published. No sale month, date, or notice appears anywhere on the Moore County government website, and the county's Clerk and Master page has no content on it. Tennessee delinquent tax sales are set by the Chancery Court as each tax suit reaches judgment, so confirm the next sale date with the Clerk and Master.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Moore County is a consolidated metropolitan government, the Metropolitan Government of Lynchburg, Moore County, and it is one of Tennessee's smallest counties. The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts lists one Clerk and Master for Moore County, Tammy Roberts, at the courthouse at 196 Main Street, Suite 312 in Lynchburg. That office is the one that files and prosecutes delinquent tax suits and conducts the sale under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 67, Chapter 5. No Circuit Court Clerk is listed for Moore County in the state directory, so the tax suit runs through the Chancery Court Clerk and Master rather than the Circuit Court. The county website carries an empty template page for the Clerk and Master and for every other department, with no sale notices, no property list, no bidder terms, and no calendar entries. No auction venue is confirmed: this county has not been verified on GovEase or any other online platform, and no in person courthouse sale is advertised either, so the venue is left blank rather than assumed. A buyer takes a redeemable deed. Redemption runs from entry of the order confirming the sale and the redeemer repays the purchase price with 12% per annum interest under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701. Call the Clerk and Master to ask whether a sale is pending and where it will be held.
Source: Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts: statewide court clerks directory· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Moore County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Moore 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
Not 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 Clerk and Master, Moore County Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Moore 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 offices
Tax sale office
County notes
- Moore County is governed by the Metropolitan Government of Lynchburg, Moore County. County offices sit at the courthouse, 196 Main Street, Lynchburg, TN 37352.
- The county government website lists a Clerk and Master under its Judicial section, but that page, along with the Circuit Court Clerk, Trustee, Tax Assessor, news, and calendar pages, is an unfinished stub with no content. Nothing about delinquent tax suits or sales is published online.
- The Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts directory lists exactly one Clerk and Master for Moore County and no Circuit Court Clerk, which points the delinquent tax suit to the Chancery Court Clerk and Master.
- No auction platform is confirmed for Moore County. Treat the venue as unknown and verify with the Clerk and Master before planning around either an online sale or a courthouse step sale.
- Moore County sells a redeemable deed. The former owner can buy the property back at a statutory premium, repaying the purchase price plus 12% per annum from entry of the order confirming the sale, per Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701.
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 Moore 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 Moore County hold tax deed sales?
Moore County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not 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 Clerk and Master, Moore 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.
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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