Davidson County tax sales, Tennessee

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Davidson is the consolidated Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, and its sale is the old fashioned courthouse auction in this set: monthly sales in season, registration the morning of the sale, cash terms, and a published schedule that shows four fall 2026 dates cancelled in a row. The Clerk and Master publishes the full terms on its Delinquent Tax Sale Information page, including the Friday payment deadline and the two year bar for a bidder who fails to pay. No land bank appears on the official pages read; the Metropolitan Government itself typically buys when nobody else bids and holds the parcel through redemption.

Selling office: Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County (Maria M. Salas, Clerk and Master)

Next sale: January 20, 2027, the next dated sale on the Clerk and Master schedule. The 2026 to 2027 schedule shows June 17, July 13 and August 17, 2026 struck through as held, and September 14, October 21, November 18 and December 16, 2026 struck through and marked cancelled. The next published sale is January 20, 2027, with a Tennessee Ledger advertisement date of January 1, 2027, and all dates are stated to be subject to change. A sale also ran earlier in 2026, on January 21, 2026.

As of November 9, 2026, Davidson fall 2026 sales are cancelled and the next published sale is January 20, 2027. The office excess proceeds list current to November 2, 2026 confirms that the 2026 sales that did run were completed and confirmed.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	January 20, 2027, the next dated sale on the Clerk and Master schedule
The sale	An open public auction conducted by the Clerk and Master under 67-5-2501 in the Jury Assembly Room of the Metro Courthouse at 12:00 noon on each scheduled sale date, for delinquent real property taxes, interest, court costs, attorney fees and other liens of the Metropolitan Government. Terms are cash to the highest and best bidder, subject to the right of equity of redemption; if all properties are not sold by 3:30 p.m., the remaining properties are included in a subsequent sale.
The list	Each sale is advertised in the Tennessee Ledger on the advertisement date the schedule publishes, about a month before the sale, and the Clerk and Master posts the parcel list for each sale, showing owner, map and parcel number, address, acres and the amount due. The office does not issue tax certificates, and properties are sold as is and where is, with no representations or warranties by the Metropolitan Government.
Registration	Registration runs from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the sale day at the courthouse, on the office informational bidder registration form. Purchases are conveyed in the names shown on the registration form, everyone named on the conveyance must be present and complete the form, a proxy bidder needs the authorization form or a recorded power of attorney, and a corporate bidder must attach proof of authority, such as a Secretary of State standing printout or a certificate of existence issued within the last year.
Bidding and payment	The opening bid is the delinquent taxes due plus accrued penalties, interest, attorney fees and court costs, and it may also include other Metropolitan Government liens and judgments; taxes for later years for which no suit has been filed are not in the bid, and the 2026 notices make the purchaser liable for taxes from 2023 in most cases. The successful bidder must pay the full bid by cashier's check by Friday at 12:00 p.m. following the sale, at Suite 308, 1 Public Square, Nashville. Credit cards are not accepted, purchases are not financed, any payment must be drawn on a United States bank or credit union, and a purchaser who fails to pay can be barred from tax sales for two years and sued on the bid.
Redemption	Redemption follows 67-5-2701, as the county terms restate it: the former owner or another interested party files a Motion to Redeem with the Clerk and Master and pays the amount the office calculates, and the purchaser is refunded the purchase price plus interest at one percent per month, twelve percent per annum, from the date of payment until the motion is filed, with a claim process for recording fees, later years taxes and expenses paid to preserve the property. The sale is complete when the Chancellor signs the Final Decree Confirming Sale; the purchaser obtains and records a certified copy of that order, which is the title document, and no separate tax deed issues.
Unsold parcels	When there are no other bidders the Metropolitan Government will typically purchase the property and retain it during the redemption period, as its sale information states. Parcels not sold by 3:30 p.m. on a sale day are carried into a subsequent sale, and Metro surplus real property generally is disposed of through the Surplus Property Distribution program online auctions on GovDeals, branded eBid Nashville.
Format	In person at the courthouse: The sale is an open public auction in person in the Jury Assembly Room, ground floor of the Metro Davidson County Courthouse, One Public Square, Nashville. There is no online bidding, and absentee bidding is not permitted except through a proxy who completes the authorization form before registration.
Selling office	Clerk and Master of the Chancery Court of Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County (Maria M. Salas, Clerk and Master)

Sources: Chancery Clerk and Master, Delinquent Tax Sale Information. Chancery Clerk and Master, Property Tax Sale Lists and Schedule. Chancery Clerk and Master, June 17, 2026 sale notice. Chancery Clerk and Master, July 13, 2026 sale notice. Metropolitan Government, Surplus Property Distribution. Confirm with the selling office before relying on any date on this page: sales move, terms change, and parcels are pulled up to sale day.

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How Tennessee delinquent tax sales work

The trustee collects first; the court sells. Property taxes become delinquent on March 1, and unpaid taxes are turned over for suit. The delinquent tax attorney files in chancery court, and the sale is a judicial sale conducted by the clerk and master under court order under TCA 67-5-2501, not a treasurer or auditor auction. The court may order an internet sale in lieu of public outcry under TCA 67-5-2501(a)(1), and several counties in this set sell online.
The government opens the bidding on every parcel. Under TCA 67-5-2501(a)(2) and TCA 67-5-2506, the clerk bids the amount of the judgment, the delinquent taxes with interest, penalties, costs and fees, on behalf of the tax entities prosecuting the suit, whenever no other bidder offers the same or a larger bid. The exception is a parcel the legislative body has flagged for environmental risk or as a nonconforming parcel, where the clerk does not bid at all.
Confirmation starts both clocks. The clerk reports the sale to the court within five business days, and the right of possession and the redemption clock both run from the entry of the order confirming the sale under TCA 67-5-2503(a). What the purchaser eventually receives as a title document varies by county: some counties issue a clerk and master deed, and others, Shelby and Davidson among them, treat the recorded order confirming sale itself as the title document. The county page states which document its sales produce.
Redemption is tiered by delinquency, and the scale changed in 2026. The court sets the redemption period for each parcel before the sale, and it is never more than one year. For orders confirming a sale entered on or after July 1, 2026, Public Chapter 971 sets the period at one year where the taxes were delinquent three years or less, and ninety days where they were delinquent more than three years; the thirty day period for property shown to be vacant or abandoned continues unchanged. Orders entered before July 1, 2026 keep the older scale. Redemption pays the purchaser interest at 12 percent per year on the entire purchase price under TCA 67-5-2701(b).
Unsold parcels vest in the tax entities and come back through the county. A parcel that draws no bid at the judgment amount is bid in for the tax entities. The county later resells the parcels it acquired under TCA 67-5-2507 as amended in 2024, with no minimum bid by default and published lists of properties for sale. In Shelby County the resale channel is the Shelby County Land Bank; in most other counties it is the county's own surplus sale process, and each county page names the channel its county actually runs.

How bidding works in Davidson County

All prospective bidders register in person at the courthouse on the sale day, beginning at 11:00 a.m. and ending promptly at 12:00 noon, by completing the informational bidder registration form. Absentee bidding is not permitted, but another individual may bid as proxy if the authorization form is completed before registration. Everyone who will be named on the conveyance must be present and complete the form; corporate bidders attach proof of eligibility to act for the entity.

The redemption clock is a property of the parcel, not of the sale. Under the 2026 scale, a parcel whose taxes were delinquent more than three years redeems in ninety days, while a recently delinquent parcel in the same sale carries a full year. Most inventory that reaches a tax sale has been delinquent for years, so most parcels in a Tennessee sale now run on the short clock. The period the court set is written in the sale documents for each parcel; read it before pricing the wait.
Twelve percent runs on the whole price. Because redemption interest accrues on the entire purchase price, the redemption outcome is simple to model: price plus 12 percent a year for the time actually held. There is no premium split and no stepped percentage to defend. What needs defending is the opening judgment bid, because every dollar above it is your money at the same rate but with the parcel risk attached.

Terms: what a bid actually costs

Deposit, Davidson County	Davidson publishes no advance deposit. Bidders register in person on the morning of the sale, and the money is due after the sale: the full bid by cashier's check by 12:00 p.m. on the Friday following the sale day.
Payment, Davidson County	The successful bidder has until Friday at 12:00 p.m. following the sale to pay the full bid amount, in the form of a cashier's check, to the Chancery Court Clerk and Master at Suite 308, 1 Public Square, Nashville, TN 37201. Payment must be drawn on a United States bank or credit union; credit cards are not accepted and the office does not finance purchases. A purchaser who fails to comply with the bid becomes a party to the delinquent tax lawsuit, can be sued for the bid amount and costs, can see the property resold at the purchaser risk, and may be prohibited from bidding at a tax sale for two years.
What is sold	The property itself, sold under court order, but possession and title wait on redemption. Until the redemption period expires, the purchaser holds the right to be repaid with interest, or to take title if nobody redeems. There is no lien certificate stage in Tennessee.
The opening bid	Made by the clerk, not the market. Under TCA 67-5-2501(a)(2) and TCA 67-5-2506 the clerk bids the amount of the judgment, the delinquent taxes with interest, penalties, costs and fees, for the tax entities prosecuting the suit, whenever no other bidder offers the same or a larger bid. Every public bid starts from that floor.
Redemption money	The redemptioner first pays the clerk the total delinquent taxes, penalty, interest and court costs, plus interest on the entire purchase price paid by the purchaser at 12 percent per year, accruing from the purchaser's payment date to the motion to redeem (TCA 67-5-2701(b)). The rate runs on the whole price, not on a part of it.
Redemption periods, current law	Set by the court for each parcel before the sale and never more than one year. For orders confirming a sale entered on or after July 1, 2026: one year where the period of delinquency is three years or less, ninety days where it is more than three years, and thirty days for property shown to be vacant or abandoned. Orders entered before July 1, 2026 keep the prior scale of one year, one hundred eighty days and ninety days by delinquency span.
The title document	What issues after redemption expires unredeemed depends on the county: a clerk and master deed in some counties, a decree confirming sale in others, and in Shelby and Davidson the recorded order confirming sale itself serves as the title document. A tax sale title is not title insurance; surviving interests and the quiet title step are the buyer's homework.
Unsold parcels	A parcel that draws no bid at the judgment amount is bid in for the tax entities prosecuting the suit. The county later resells acquired parcels under TCA 67-5-2507 as amended in 2024, with no minimum bid by default and a published list of properties for sale under TCA 67-5-2511. That resale list is the year round leftover channel.

Unsold parcels: no land bank; the Metropolitan Government holds, then surplus

No Davidson County land bank appears on the official pages read. The Metropolitan Government typically purchases parcels that draw no other bid and retains them during the redemption period; parcels unsold at 3:30 p.m. roll into the next scheduled sale. Beyond the tax sale, Metro Surplus Property Distribution is the central authority for surplus, seized, confiscated, abandoned and unclaimed real property of the Metropolitan Government, and surplus property, including real estate, is auctioned online through GovDeals as eBid Nashville.

Before you bid

Read the confirmation order, not just the sale list. Your redemption period, your right of possession, and your title document all come from the order confirming the sale. The sale list tells you what sold; the order tells you what you bought.
Expect cash discipline on the county's clock. Tennessee sales settle in cash or certified funds on the schedule the court sets, which in some counties is measured in days, not weeks. Davidson County requires the balance by cashier's check at noon on the Friday of its sale week. Arrive with funds arranged, not with a plan to arrange them.
Check for cancelled dates before you travel. Court calendar sales move. Davidson County cancelled four dated sales in the fall of 2026 and its next sale is January 20, 2027; several counties in this set had published no 2026 date at all when these pages were checked. The clerk and master's current schedule is the only live word.
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