Wilson County, TN tax sales
How tax deed sales work in Wilson County, seat of Lebanon: 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 is published.
- Registration
- No registration or bidding terms for a delinquent tax sale are published online.
- County office
- 615-444-2835
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How Wilson County sells delinquent taxes
Tax deed sale
- Run by
- Wilson County Clerk and Master (Clerk of the Chancery Court)
- Frequency
- annual
- Typical timing
- No recurring sale month is published.
- Registration
- No registration or bidding terms for a delinquent tax sale are published online.
When it runs
No recurring sale month is published. The Clerk and Master's Court Sales page, under the heading "Public Auctions and Delinquent Tax Sales," states "Delinquent Tax Sales : None scheduled." as of August 2026. Watch that page for a posted notice.
Registration and deposit
Sale format and venue
Wilson County sells a redeemable tax deed through the Chancery Court. The Clerk and Master files and prosecutes the delinquent tax suit and conducts the resulting sale; the county's Clerk and Master department page lists "Collect delinquent back taxes" among the office's duties, and the Chancery Court page lists "Collection of Delinquent Taxes" within the court's jurisdiction. The county government does not host sale details itself: its Court Public Auctions and Delinquent Tax Sales page simply links to the Clerk and Master's own Court Sales page for both categories. That Court Sales page is the authoritative notice board, and it currently reports no delinquent tax sale scheduled. No auction platform, venue, sale date, minimum bid, or deposit figure is stated on any official Wilson County page, so none is recorded here. The only sale listed on the page at this writing is a separate Chancery Court absolute auction of real property at 2320 Swindell Hollow Road, Lebanon, set for May 9, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. and handled with Blackwell Realty and Auction, which is a court-ordered property sale rather than a tax sale. Statewide Tennessee rules still govern: the clerk bids the ascertained debt as the minimum, a purchaser bidding above it receives a redeemable deed, and redemption runs from entry of the order confirming the sale at 12 percent per annum under Tenn. Code Ann. 67-5-2701. Current-year taxes are collected by the Wilson County Trustee at 228 E Main Street, Room 102, Lebanon, phone 615-444-0894; accounts pass to the Clerk and Master only after the county files suit.
Source: Wilson County Clerk and Master, Court Sales (Public Auctions and Delinquent Tax Sales)· Verified Aug 18, 2026
Wilson County tax sale list and auction calendar
For Wilson 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 Court Sales: public auctions and delinquent tax sales for the current advertised parcels, then recheck it before the auction.Register to bid
Sale day
No recurring sale month 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 Wilson County Clerk and Master (Clerk of the Chancery Court) as the source to confirm which parcels are actually offered.
Before you bid in Wilson County
4 checks
Start with the live sale list
Pull the current advertised parcels from Court Sales: public auctions and delinquent tax sales. Lists can change before the sale, so recheck the county source before you price a parcel.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
- Wilson County runs the delinquent tax suit through the Chancery Court, so the Clerk and Master is the correct office, not the Circuit Court Clerk. Millie Sloan is the Clerk and Master.
- The Clerk and Master's Court Sales page is the single notice board for both chancery public auctions and delinquent tax sales. As of August 2026 it states delinquent tax sales are "None scheduled."
- No online auction platform is named on any official Wilson County page, and Wilson does not appear among the Tennessee counties on GovEase's live auction roster, so no platform or platform URL is recorded and the venue is left blank rather than assumed.
- The two official sites give slightly different mailing ZIPs for the same P.O. Box: the county department page shows P.O. Box 1557, Lebanon, TN 37087-1557, while the Clerk and Master site shows P.O. Box 1557, Lebanon, TN 37088. The physical Chancery Court address, 134 South College Street, Room 200, Lebanon, TN 37087, is consistent on both.
- Office hours differ between the two sites: the county page lists 8 am to 4:30 pm Monday to Friday, the Clerk and Master site lists 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
- Chancery fax is 615-703-9769. The Probate Division of the same office is in Room 201 at 615-466-5311 and is not involved in tax sales.
- The Wilson County Trustee collects current-year property taxes and is a separate office from the sale authority.
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 Wilson 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 Wilson County hold tax deed sales?
Wilson County holds its tax deed sale once a year. No recurring sale month 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 Wilson County Clerk and Master (Clerk of the 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.
Where can I find the Wilson County tax sale list?
Wilson County posts its tax sale list at wilcoclerkandmaster.com. Lists go up ahead of each sale and keep changing until the sale date, so confirm every parcel against the county's legal advertisement before you bid.
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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