Union County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Union County, seat of Maynardville: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- No recurring sale month or date is published.
- County office
- 865-992-5942
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How Union County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Union County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Chancery and Probate Court), 8th Judicial District
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No recurring sale month or date is published.
When it runs
No recurring sale month or date is published. The Clerk and Master's delinquent tax page states only that "A DELINQUENT TAX SALE IS SCHEDULED BY THE DELINQUENT TAX ATTORNEY." Sale notices run in the local newspaper: the court ordered sales page states "ADVERTISMENT FOR SALES ARE ADVERTISED IN THE LOCAL PAPER: THE UNION NEWSLEADER." The only fixed calendar fact the county publishes is the Trustee's delinquency date: county taxes are payable through February 28 and "become delinquent on March 1 each year."
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Union County has no published redeemable tax deed sale page and no sale currently advertised online. The Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court is the office that collects the delinquent taxes and conducts any sale, which matches the Tennessee default rather than the Circuit Court Clerk variant. Path to sale as the county describes it: the Trustee bills in late September, taxes go delinquent March 1, and the Trustee "maintains these accounts for 18 months, after which all taxes due are given to the Clerk & Master for collection. A lawsuit is then filed for collection of the taxes." The Clerk and Master's page frames the same step as filing "After Two (2) years of delinquency on property taxes," when "the Trustee's Office will file a lawsuit with the Chancery Court with a list of the delinquent taxpayer's property." Interest accrues at the statutory rate the county restates: "Delinquent tax increases by 1.5% each month the tax is delinquent and additional fees will be added at the time of filing and during the period the delinquent tax is unpaid." Partial payments are refused: "The Chancery Court cannot accept partial payments on a parcel of property. The oldest year of taxes on a parcel that are owed to Union County should to be paid first before a more current tax year is paid." No online auction platform is named anywhere on the county or Clerk and Master site, and no Union County listing was verified on GovEase, so no platform and no venue are recorded here rather than assumed. Published clerk fees on the delinquent tax track: $42.00 per parcel on receipt, $100.00 per parcel "If Ordered Sold in Tax Sale," and $75.00 per request for "Filing & Docketing Any Request for Redemption of a Parcel of Property or to Claim Excess Sale Proceeds in a Delinquent Property Tax Judicial Proceeding," payable by the requesting party at filing. Buyers should call the Clerk and Master to confirm whether a sale has been set, since the county posts nothing between sales.
Source: Union County TN Clerk and Master, Delinquent Tax· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Union County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Union 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
Ask the county office how and when to register; many counties close registration days or weeks before the sale.Sale day
No recurring sale month or date is published. 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 Union County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Chancery and Probate Court), 8th Judicial District as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Union 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.Confirm registration and deposit
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
Union County Clerk and Master, Chancery and Probate Court (Clerk and Master: Sandra Edmondson)
901 Main Street, Suite 206, Maynardville, TN 37807 (2nd Floor, Union County Courthouse)
Official websiteCounty notes
- The Clerk and Master runs the delinquent tax docket here, not the Circuit Court Clerk. The office describes itself as collecting "delinquent taxes for the county" and overseeing "tax sales," alongside court ordered sales on estates and partition suits.
- Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M., excluding holiday closings. Fax is 865-992-9338 and the clerk's listed email is [email protected].
- The county's delinquent tax page carries no sale list, no PDF of parcels, and no auction link. Any parcel list reaches the public through the lawsuit filed in Chancery Court and through advertisements in The Union Newsleader.
- Union County Trustee, the office that bills and first collects the tax, is at 901 Main Street, Suite 102, Maynardville, TN 37807, phone 865-992-5943. Tax notices mail in late September and are payable through February 28.
- The redemption request itself is a filed court proceeding in Union County, which carries a $75.00 clerk fee per request. That is consistent with Tennessee redemption running from entry of the order confirming the 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 Union 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 Union County hold tax deed sales?
Union County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No recurring sale month or 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 Union County Clerk and Master, Chancery Court (Chancery and Probate Court), 8th Judicial District 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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