Morgan County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Morgan County, seat of Wartburg: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No recurring sale month is published for Morgan County.
- County office
- (423) 346-3881
On this page
How Morgan County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Morgan County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No recurring sale month is published for Morgan County.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No bidder registration process is published for the Clerk and Master's delinquent tax suit sale. For the county owned back tax parcels the posted process is written bidding rather than pre registration: "Properties placed for sale will be advertised for bids. Bids will be brought before the back tax committee for consideration." A 10 day upset window follows, and "If anyone during this 10 days increases the bid by 10%, a 'bid off' shall be set where all parties may appear and bid." Investors should call the office to confirm requirements before a sale.
Sale format and venue
Morgan County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Morgan 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 Court Ordered Tax Sales (Back Tax Properties) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
No recurring sale month is published for Morgan County. 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 Morgan County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Morgan County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Court Ordered Tax Sales (Back Tax Properties). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No bidder registration process is published for the Clerk and Master's delinquent tax suit sale. For the county owned back tax parcels the posted process is written bidding rather than pre registration: "Properties placed for sale will be advertised for bids. Bids will be brought before the back tax committee for consideration." A 10 day upset window follows, and "If anyone during this 10 days increases the bid by 10%, a 'bid off' shall be set where all parties may appear and bid." Investors should call the office to confirm requirements before a sale.
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
- Morgan County runs delinquent tax collection and court ordered tax sales through the Clerk and Master, not the Circuit Court Clerk. Angela Anderson is Clerk and Master, Nadine Hamby is listed as Delinquent Tax Clerk, and Tom McFarland is the Chancellor.
- The Clerk and Master also collects delinquent taxes for the Town of Oakdale, the City of Sunbright, and the Town of Oliver Springs, so parcels inside those municipalities move through the same office as county parcels.
- Additional office contacts listed on the Clerk and Master page: fax (423) 346-4217 and email [email protected].
- Current year taxes are collected by the Trustee, reachable at (423) 346-3430 per the Trustee page, with online payment through the state Trustee portal linked from the county site at secure.tennesseetrustee.org.
- The county tax sale page is stale and describes the Back Tax Committee resale process rather than the clerk's judicial sale, so it should not be cited for the redeemable deed timeline or for a current parcel list.
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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