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Stewart County, TN tax sales

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

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Next sale
Stewart County publishes no tax sale calendar.
County office
(931) 232-5665
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How Stewart 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

Run by
Stewart County Chancery Court, 23rd Judicial District, Office of the Clerk and Master
Frequency
annual
Typical timing
Stewart County publishes no tax sale calendar.
When it runs
Stewart County publishes no tax sale calendar. The county website carries no delinquent tax sale page, notice, or date, so sale timing must be confirmed directly with the Clerk and Master at (931) 232-5665.
Registration and deposit

Bidders register with the clerk that runs the sale under its published terms, either at the clerk and master's office for an in-person auction or on the county's online platform. The court orders the sale for cash, certified funds, cashier's check, money order, or ACH transfer, and Tennessee sets no statewide deposit percentage, so confirm the county's payment deadline and accepted funds before bidding.

Sale format and venue
Stewart County is one of the small Tennessee counties with no online tax sale presence. The official county site (stewartcogov.com) has a Home, Commissioners, Officials, State, National, Calendar, Records Request, County Budget and Audits, Employment, Visitor Center, and Site Links structure, and none of those pages carry a delinquent tax sale, sale list, or auction notice. The only property tax link on the site points to the Trustee's current-tax payment portal at CitiSen Portal, which handles collections before the delinquency is turned over, not the sale itself. The Elected Officials directory lists the tax sale office under "Other Officials and Department Managers" as Stewart County Chancery Court, 23rd Judicial District, with April J. Turner as Clerk and Master, which confirms this county runs the delinquent tax suit through the Chancery Court Clerk and Master rather than the Circuit Court Clerk. No auction platform was verified. Stewart County does not appear among the Tennessee jurisdictions on the GovEase auction platform, and no in person courthouse sale schedule was published either, so the venue is left blank rather than assumed. Investors should call the Clerk and Master for the current docket of delinquent tax suits, the sale date, terms of payment, and where the notice is published. Tennessee sells a redeemable deed: the Clerk bids the ascertained debt as the minimum, a higher bidder takes the deed subject to redemption, and redemption runs from entry of the order confirming the sale with 12 percent per annum owed on the purchase price under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701.
Source: Stewart County Chancery Court, Clerk and Master office listing· Verified Aug 18, 2026

Stewart County tax sale list and auction calendar

For Stewart 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

    A county sale-list URL is still being verified. Use the office and platform details on this page before relying on a copied list.

  2. Register to bid

    Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.

  3. Sale day

    Stewart County publishes no tax sale calendar. The auction platform is still being verified. Confirm the next sale date and registration window with the county before you bid.

  4. Confirm with the office

    If the list, platform, and notice disagree, use Stewart County Chancery Court, 23rd Judicial District, Office of the Clerk and Master as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.

Before you bid in Stewart County

  1. 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.

  2. Confirm registration and deposit

    Bidders register with the clerk that runs the sale under its published terms, either at the clerk and master's office for an in-person auction or on the county's online platform. The court orders the sale for cash, certified funds, cashier's check, money order, or ACH transfer, and Tennessee sets no statewide deposit percentage, so confirm the county's payment deadline and accepted funds before bidding.

  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

New to this path? Read how over-the-counter purchases work.

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County offices

Tax sale office

Stewart County Chancery Court, Office of the Clerk and Master (April J. Turner)

(931) 232-5665

Stewart County Courthouse, 225 Donelson Parkway, Main Floor, Dover, TN 37058 (mailing address: P.O. Box 102, Dover, TN 37058)

Official website

County notes

  • County seat is Dover. The Clerk and Master's office sits in the Stewart County Courthouse at 225 Donelson Parkway, Main Floor, with a separate P.O. Box 102 mailing address.
  • Office hours listed as Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., closed for lunch 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Fax is (931) 232-0049.
  • The Chancery Court serves the 23rd Judicial District. Judges listed on the office page are Suzanne Lockert-Mash, David Wolfe, and Larry Wallace, with Child Support Magistrate Allan Kerns.
  • The Trustee (Laura Crain, 225 Donelson Parkway, First Floor, Dover, TN 37058, P.O. Box 618, phone (931) 232-7026) collects current property taxes through the Tennessee County Trustee's Association portal, which redirects to CitiSen Portal for Stewart County. That office is the correct first call for a payoff before suit, not for the sale.
  • Negative finding confirmed on the platform side: GovEase's Tennessee jurisdiction roster covers City of Jackson, Coffee, Decatur, Hamblen, Hawkins, Henry, Lawrence, Madison, Montgomery, Obion, Sullivan, Washington, and Wayne, and Stewart County is not among them.
  • The state courts directory at tncourts.gov is behind a JavaScript browser challenge and could not be read, so the county's own Elected Officials page is the verified source for the Clerk and Master's identity and contact details.
  • Web search quota for this session was exhausted before this county was researched, so discovery ran through direct fetches of the official county site and the auction platform. A later pass with search available should re-check for a published sale notice.

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 Stewart 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 Stewart County hold tax deed sales?

Stewart County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Stewart County publishes no tax sale calendar. 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 Stewart County Chancery Court, 23rd Judicial District, Office of the Clerk and Master 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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