White County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in White County, seat of Sparta: sale calendar, auction platform, over-the-counter lists, and the offices that run each sale.
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- Next sale
- Not published by the county.
- Registration
- No bidder registration procedure is published online.
- County office
- 931-836-3787
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How White County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- White County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- Not published by the county. White County's official website carries no delinquent tax sale page and states no sale month or date.
- Registration
- No bidder registration procedure is published online.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
White County publishes no tax sale page. The county website lists a Clerk and Master, Gena Brock, among Elected Officials with a courthouse office and direct phone, but the Court System page describes only the Circuit Court Clerk and says nothing about Chancery Court or delinquent tax suits. A site search for "tax sale" returns only Trustee property tax payment pages, and a search for "delinquent" returns nothing. The Trustee (Kathryn P. Adcock, 931-836-3788) handles current property tax collection through the CitiSen Portal, not the sale of delinquent parcels. The auction venue is therefore unknown and is deliberately left blank: GovEase's live and upcoming auction list carries only two Tennessee counties, Obion and Sullivan, with no White County entry, so there is no basis to record an online platform or a courthouse sale. Buyers should call the Clerk and Master to confirm whether a sale is scheduled, where it is held, and how bidding works.
Source: White County, TN Directory: Gena Brock, Clerk and Master· Verified Aug 18, 2026
White County tax sale list and auction calendar
For White 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 by the county. 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 White County Clerk and Master (Chancery Court) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in White 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
County notes
- Clerk and Master is Gena Brock; office fax is 931-836-2124. Confirmed on the county's own directory entry and on the Elected Officials roster.
- The county's Court System page covers only the Circuit Court Clerk (Beverly Jolley, White County Justice Center, 111 Depot Street, Suite 1, Sparta, TN 38583, 931-836-3205). It makes no mention of Chancery Court or of delinquent tax suits, so the office that actually publishes the sale could not be confirmed from a sale notice.
- White County Trustee Kathryn P. Adcock, 1 East Bockman Way, Room 102, Sparta, TN 38583, 931-836-3788, collects current property taxes online through https://citisenportal.com/Search/White%20County%20Trustee. That portal is for current tax payment, not for the delinquent sale.
- County courthouse main line is 931-836-3203 at 1 East Bockman Way, Sparta, TN 38583.
- No sale list URL, no platform, and no timing were found on any official page. Venue intentionally left blank rather than assumed.
- GovEase's auction table carries only two Tennessee rows, Obion (Special Commissioners Sale) and Sullivan (Redeemable Deed Sale). White County is absent, so no online platform is recorded.
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 White 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 White County hold tax deed sales?
White County holds its tax deed sale once a year. Not published by the county. 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 White 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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