Trousdale County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Trousdale County, seat of Hartsville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Not published online.
- Registration
- Not published.
- County office
- (615) 374-2996
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How Trousdale County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Trousdale County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published online.
- Registration
- Not published.
When it runs
Not published online. The Hartsville/Trousdale County website carries no tax sale notice, no calendar entry, and no delinquent tax list, so no month or recurring sale date could be confirmed from an official page. Tennessee delinquent tax sales follow the Chancery Court's decree in each tax suit and are announced by the Clerk and Master, so confirm timing directly with that office at (615) 374-2996.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
No auction venue is claimed here because none was verified. Trousdale County does not appear on GovEase's published Tennessee county contact list, and the county website names no auction vendor, so neither an online platform nor a courthouse sale is asserted. Trousdale operates a consolidated Hartsville/Trousdale County government; the Clerk and Master, Shelly Brawner, is the chancery clerk and is the office that files and conducts the delinquent tax suit, so the Circuit Court Clerk variant seen in a few Tennessee counties does not apply here. The Clerk and Master and the Circuit Court Clerk sit in adjacent suites of the County Justice Center at 303 E Main, which is a common point of confusion. Investors should call the Clerk and Master for the current tax suit docket, the ascertained minimum bid, and where any sale is held.
Source: Trousdale County, TN, County Officials directory (Clerk and Master listing)· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Trousdale County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Trousdale 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 published 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 Trousdale County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Trousdale 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
Trousdale County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court)
County Justice Center, 303 E Main Street, Suite 1, Hartsville, TN 37074
Official websiteCounty notes
- Clerk and Master is Shelly Brawner, with Jada Seay as assistant; the county page describes the role as clerk of the chancery court, appointed by the chancellor for a six-year term.
- Office fax listed as (615) 374-1100, shared with the Circuit Court Clerk at the same County Justice Center address.
- The county's Public Notices page lists commission meetings, burn permits, zoning notices, bids, and open records policy, with no tax sale notice of any kind.
- Bid postings route to BidNet Direct and Vendor Registry, which are procurement systems and not tax sale listings.
- County Trustee Cindy Gregory, (615) 374-2916, Administration Building, 328 Broadway Room 3, collects current property taxes and directs online payment to secure.tennesseetrustee.org; the Trustee does not conduct the sale.
- Trousdale County was absent from GovEase's Tennessee county contact list as last updated September 13, 2024, so the platform default assumed for many Tennessee counties should not be applied to this county.
- Trousdale is Tennessee's smallest county by area and one of its least populous, which is consistent with a Clerk and Master office that publishes nothing online and handles tax suits on an as-filed basis.
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 Trousdale 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 Trousdale County hold tax deed sales?
Trousdale County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not published 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 Trousdale 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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