Montgomery County tax sales, Tennessee

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Montgomery's Trustee page is precise about the front end of the pipeline and silent about the sale itself: real estate taxes are delinquent after the last day of February, interest and penalty run at one and a half percent per month from March 1, and delinquent county taxes for 2024 and prior years that are part of a lawsuit must be paid at the Clerk and Master Office, not the Trustee. The county's surplus page, by contrast, publishes a complete resale procedure for county acquired parcels, and states that there are currently no surplus properties. No 2026 tax sale date, sale format, registration or winning bid payment terms are published on the pages read; those items are unverified.

Selling office: Clerk and Master of Montgomery County, at the Montgomery County Courts Center, Clarksville

Next sale: No 2026 tax sale date published on the county pages read. The Trustee page says only that after the conclusion of the delinquent tax suit the county holds a tax sale. As of November 9, 2026, no dated sale, sale list or sale venue appears on the Trustee or Clerk and Master pages read.

As of November 9, 2026, Montgomery publishes no dated tax sale and no surplus properties. Both channels are quiet until the county posts a sale date or a surplus list.

Dates and deadlines

Next sale	No 2026 tax sale date published on the county pages read
The sale	A judicial sale by the Clerk and Master following the delinquent tax suit, on the state frame. County real property taxes are delinquent after the last day of February, and from March 1 interest and penalty accrue at one and a half percent per month, one percent interest and one half percent penalty, eighteen percent per annum, and unpaid delinquent taxes may be subject to lawsuit with court costs, attorney fees and miscellaneous fees added, and eventual sale.
The list	No sale list publication channel is published on the pages read. Under 67-5-2502 the sale is advertised in a newspaper of general circulation in the county and notice is given to interested persons; this item is unverified for Montgomery's next sale.
Registration	Bidder registration for the tax sale is not published on the pages read. This item is unverified.
Bidding and payment	Winning bid payment terms for the tax sale are not published on the pages read and are unverified. They should not be confused with the Trustee page terms for paying delinquent taxes that are in a lawsuit (cashier's check or money order payable to the Clerk and Master, cash in person, debit or credit in person with service fees, and no partial payments for any taxable year), which settle a tax bill at the Clerk and Master Office, 2 Millennium Plaza, Suite 101, Clarksville, not a winning bid.
Redemption	Redemption follows 67-5-2701 in the state frame: the period runs from the order confirming the sale, one year at three years of delinquency or less and ninety days above that for confirmations on or after July 1, 2026, thirty days for vacant or abandoned property, and a redemptioner pays interest at twelve percent per annum on the entire purchase price. A Montgomery parcel reaches the county surplus list only after it was sold in a tax sale and that redemption period expired.
Unsold parcels	Parcels the county takes in are resold later as surplus property under T.C.A. 67-5-2507 et seq., on the procedure in the leftover section below. The surplus page currently reports no surplus properties.
Format	Not published on the pages read; unverified: The Trustee delinquent tax page states that after the conclusion of the delinquent tax suit the county holds a tax sale to sell property in order to collect delinquent taxes. It does not publish the sale venue or format, which are unverified.
Selling office	Clerk and Master of Montgomery County, at the Montgomery County Courts Center, Clarksville

Sources: Montgomery County Trustee, Delinquent Taxes. Montgomery County Trustee, Surplus Property. 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 Montgomery County

Bidder registration for the Montgomery tax sale is not published on the Trustee or Clerk and Master pages read. This item is unverified.

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, Montgomery County	No deposit for the tax sale is published on the pages read; unverified. Tennessee sales generally require no advance deposit, with payment due promptly after the sale on the terms the court sets.
Payment, Montgomery County	Winning bid payment terms are not published on the pages read and are unverified. For paying the delinquent taxes themselves once they are in a lawsuit, the Trustee page directs payment to the Montgomery County Clerk and Master Office at the Montgomery County Courts Center, 2 Millennium Plaza, Suite 101, Clarksville, TN 37040, phone 931-648-5703, by cashier's check or money order payable to the Clerk and Master, cash in person, or debit or credit card in person subject to service fees, with no partial payments accepted for any taxable year.
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: the county surplus sale under 67-5-2507

Montgomery County sells parcels it acquired at a tax sale, after the redemption period has expired, as surplus property under T.C.A. 67-5-2507 et seq., sold as is with no warranties. Bids are sealed, on the official Purchasing Department form, due by 10:00 a.m. on the published date at the Montgomery County Purchasing Office, 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 101-E, Clarksville. The highest bid is published in a local newspaper, and within ten days anyone may raise the published highest bid by ten percent or more in writing. If no higher offer arrives, the Trustee notifies the highest published bidder, who has seventy two hours to appear at the Trustee Office and pay, a cash sale by cash, cashier's check or money order, plus recording fee and transfer tax. If a higher offer is received, a live bidding day is set between the qualified parties, conducted by the delinquent tax attorney, who also prepares the deed. Bids below the published minimum are accepted only with Trustee discretion and Tax Release and Surplus Land Committee approval, and unsold parcels may later be offered at a fixed price with committee permission. The surplus page states there are currently no surplus properties for Montgomery County.

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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