Overton County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Overton County, seat of Livingston: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Not posted online.
- Registration
- Not posted online.
- County office
- (931) 823-2536
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How Overton County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Overton County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not posted online.
- Registration
- Not posted online.
When it runs
Not posted online. The county's Clerk & Master page states only that the office "collects delinquent taxes" and gives no sale date, month, or pattern, and the county announcements page carries no tax-sale notice. Call the Clerk and Master at (931) 823-2536 to confirm whether a sale is scheduled.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Overton County collects delinquent property taxes through the Chancery Court. The county's own Clerk & Master page describes the office as filing civil matters in Chancery Court and collecting delinquent taxes for the county and the city, so the Clerk and Master, not the Circuit Court Clerk, is the office to contact. Beyond that, the county government site publishes no tax-sale page: no sale calendar, no venue, no bidder registration process, and no delinquent property list. The sale venue is therefore unconfirmed. Overton County does not appear among the Tennessee counties listed on GovEase's live auction site, so the sale is not run on that platform. Under Tenn. Code Ann. Title 67, Ch. 5, Parts 25 to 27, a Tennessee tax sale conveys a redeemable deed: the clerk bids the ascertained debt as the minimum, and the former owner may redeem by repaying the purchase price with 12% per annum interest during a redemption period that runs from entry of the order confirming the sale. Verify the next sale date, venue, and bidder requirements with the Clerk and Master before relying on any figure here.
Source: Overton County, TN - Clerk & Master (Chancery Court) department page· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Overton County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Overton 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 posted online. 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 Overton County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Overton 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
- Dorothy Stanton is listed as Clerk & Master, with Melissa Martin Shook as Chief Deputy Clerk. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
- The Clerk and Master sits at 100 E. Court Sq. in Livingston, a different address from the County Executive and Trustee offices at 306 W. Main St.
- The Overton County website carries an "UNDER CONSTRUCTION" banner and the county officials page still shows the Clerk & Master entry as an unfinished stub, so posted contact details may change.
- The Trustee bills county property taxes annually on October 1, payable without penalty through February 28, with interest and penalty of 1.5% per month starting March 1. The Trustee page does not describe the handoff to Chancery Court or any sale.
- The county announcements page listed only a 2025 property reappraisal meeting and a 2025 county-owned property bid opening, neither of which is a delinquent tax 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.
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 Overton 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 Overton County hold tax deed sales?
Overton County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not posted online. 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 Overton 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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