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Perry County, TN tax sales

How tax deed sales work in Perry County, seat of Linden: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.

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Next sale
No fixed annual date is published.
Format
In person
Registration
No online pre-registration or bidder-registration form is published.
County office
(931) 589-2217
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How Perry County sells delinquent taxes

No tax lien certificate sale

Tennessee counties enforce the tax lien through a delinquent tax suit and sell the property itself; no tax lien certificates are auctioned.

Tax deed sale

In person
Run by
Perry County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court)
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
No fixed annual date is published.
Registration
No online pre-registration or bidder-registration form is published.
Sale list
Perry County Chancery Court ordered sale notices
When it runs
No fixed annual date is published. The Clerk and Master's chancery sale site currently posts a "PERRY COUNTY CHANCERY COURT ORDERED SALE" notice reading "POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE" with no sale date, docket number, or parcel filled in, and that page has not been updated since January 2025. Perry County schedules each sale by Chancery Court decree and advertises it when set, so confirm the next date directly with the Clerk and Master at (931) 589-2217.
Registration and deposit

No online pre-registration or bidder-registration form is published. The Clerk and Master's sale notice states the terms for bidding in the courtroom: "Selling to the highest and best bidder", "10% down day of sale", "Property will be sold "AS IS"", "Buyer responsible for confirmation and evaluation of property and advertised claims", and "Announcements day of sale take precedence over all advertising". The notice adds that a "Bank Letter of Credit may be required" on a listed parcel and tells buyers to "CALL FOR APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PROPERTY". Contact Charlene Duplessis, Perry County Clerk and Master and Special Commissioner, at 931-589-2217 or 615-618-0485, or [email protected].

Sale format and venue
Perry County runs its delinquent tax suit through the Chancery Court, not the Circuit Court Clerk. The official county courts site names "Chancery Court, Charlene Duplessis, Clerk and Master" and lists "Delinquent Property Tax Collection" among the matters that office handles, with "Phone Support: (931) 589-2217". Paula Treadwell assists her. The sale is conducted IN PERSON: the Clerk and Master's own sale notice names the venue as the "Perry County Courtroom, Linden, TN" and sets courtroom terms (highest and best bidder, 10% down the day of sale, sold as is). No online auction platform is named on any Perry County page, so no platform URL is recorded here. Two limits on this record are worth stating plainly. First, the notice site is headed "CHANCERY COURT ORDERED SALE" rather than "delinquent tax sale"; in Tennessee that heading covers court-ordered sales generally, which includes tax sales, but the current posting names no cause of action. Second, that posting carries no scheduled date and no parcel list, so no sale date can be verified from an official page. In person at the Perry County Courtroom, Linden
Source: Perry County Chancery Court Ordered Sale notice site, published by Clerk and Master Charlene Duplessis· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Perry County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Perry 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.

  1. Get the advertised list

    Use Perry County Chancery Court ordered sale notices for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.

  2. Register to bid

    No online pre-registration or bidder-registration form is published. Full requirements are in the sale card above.

  3. Sale day

    No fixed annual date is published. The sale is live and in person; there is no online bidding platform. Confirm the venue and hour with the county office before you go.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Perry County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Perry County

  1. Start with the live sale list

    Pull the current advertised parcels from Perry County Chancery Court ordered sale notices. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    No online pre-registration or bidder-registration form is published. The Clerk and Master's sale notice states the terms for bidding in the courtroom: "Selling to the highest and best bidder", "10% down day of sale", "Property will be sold "AS IS"", "Buyer responsible for confirmation and evaluation of property and advertised claims", and "Announcements day of sale take precedence over all advertising". The notice adds that a "Bank Letter of Credit may be required" on a listed parcel and tells buyers to "CALL FOR APPOINTMENT TO VIEW PROPERTY". Contact Charlene Duplessis, Perry County Clerk and Master and Special Commissioner, at 931-589-2217 or 615-618-0485, or [email protected].

  3. 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.

  4. 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

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

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County offices

Tax sale office

Perry County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court)

(931) 589-2217

121 E. Main Street, Linden, TN 37096

Official website

County notes

  • Perry County publishes no delinquent tax sale page and no parcel list on its main county site or on its courts site. The one sale surface the office maintains is a separate notice site at perrychancerysales.com (alternate domain perrytnchancerysales.com), signed by "CHARLENE DUPLESSIS, Perry County Clerk and Master and Special Commissioner".
  • The Clerk and Master's contact record is confirmed by the University of Tennessee CTAS county officials directory: Charlene Duplessis, Clerk and Master, 121 E. Main Street, Linden, TN 37096, phone (931) 589-2217, email [email protected]. The sale notice site adds a second number, 615-618-0485.
  • Do not confuse the Trustee with the sale office. Shane Copeland is the Perry County Trustee, based inside the Perry County Courthouse in Linden with mail to P.O. Box 910, Linden, TN 37096, phone 931-589-2313. The Trustee collects current property taxes and adds "interest of 1.5 percent (18 percent annually)" from March 1, but the Trustee's page says nothing about a tax sale; the sale itself is the Clerk and Master's.
  • Perry County does not appear on tndtax.com, the Business Information Systems delinquent tax payment portal used by some Tennessee court clerks, whose live entity list returns only Chester County and Sullivan County plus Kingsport. There is therefore no online delinquent tax payment or lookup surface for Perry County.
  • Verify the sale date by phone before planning a trip. The notice page has not changed since January 2025 and reads as postponed, so an investor relying on it alone would have no date to work from.

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.
Governing statute
Tenn. Code Ann. Title 67, Chapter 5, Parts 25-27

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.

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Frequently asked questions

Does Perry 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 Perry County hold tax deed sales?

Perry County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No fixed annual date 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 Perry 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.

Where can I find the Perry County tax sale list?

Perry County posts its tax sale list at perrychancerysales.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.

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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