Roane County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Roane County, seat of Kingston: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Tax sale scheduled for March 6, 2027.Saturday · 2027
- Format
- In person
- Registration
- No online bidder registration is published.
- County office
- 865-376-2487
On this page
How Roane County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Clerk and Master of the Roane County Chancery Court
- Frequency
- annual
- Registration
- No online bidder registration is published.
When it runs
Registration and deposit
No online bidder registration is published. The Clerk and Master page sets only bidder conditions, stating "All properties are sold as-is where-is. It is the bidder's responsibility to research the property before bidding," and directs questions to the office at 865-376-2487. Confirm bidding and payment requirements with the Clerk and Master before the sale date.
Sale format and venue
Roane County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Roane 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 Clerk and Master back tax sale notices (parcel list posted about a month before each sale) for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
Tax sale scheduled for March 6, 2027. 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.Confirm with the office
If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Clerk and Master of the Roane County Chancery Court as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Roane County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Clerk and Master back tax sale notices (parcel list posted about a month before each sale). Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.Confirm registration and deposit
No online bidder registration is published. The Clerk and Master page sets only bidder conditions, stating "All properties are sold as-is where-is. It is the bidder's responsibility to research the property before bidding," and directs questions to the office at 865-376-2487. Confirm bidding and payment requirements with the Clerk and Master before the sale date.
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
- Pam May is the Clerk and Master. The office fax is 865-376-1228 and the office email is [email protected].
- The Trustee page sets the runway to a sale: county taxes are "payable through the end of February. They become delinquent on March 1 each year. They remain in the Trustee's office for 18 months. At that time, all taxes due are given to the Clerk and Master for collection. A lawsuit is then filed for collection of the taxes." The Trustee is Chris Mason, 865-376-4938, 200 E. Race Street, Suite 4, P.O. Box 296, Kingston, TN 37763.
- The Clerk and Master page mixes current and stale material. Alongside the March 6, 2027 sale notice it still shows an October 11, 2023 Chancery Court ordered property auction and refers to "The Parcel List for the 2021 Delinquent Tax Sale." Confirm the sale date and time by phone before relying on it.
- A prior court ordered auction notice on the same page specifies the courthouse "front steps (facing Race Street)," which indicates where courthouse auctions are physically conducted. The courthouse is at 200 E. Race Street, Kingston.
- The county website has no separate delinquent tax page. The Clerk and Master page refers readers to a "Delinquent Tax tab at the top," but no such page exists on the site, so the Clerk and Master page itself is the only county-specific sale source.
- No GovEase or other online platform listing for Roane County was confirmed. Do not attach an online bidding platform to this county without new evidence.
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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