The Chancery Court Clerk and Master’s Office generally holds one sale per year for delinquent property taxes owed to Rutherford County, Murfreesboro, Smyrna, Eagleville, and LaVergne. The property is sold via online auction which takes place on the GovEase website at www.GovEase.com. THERE IS NO PHYSICAL LOCATION AND NO IN-PERSON COMPONENT TO THE REGISTRATION OR BIDDING PROCESS.

When a sale date has been determined, the sale information will be added to this website and the County website. It is usually posted about a month before the sale. Registration dates will also be posted when they become available. Registration typically opens about a month before the sale date and is cut off at 10:00 AM the day prior to the auction so all registrations can be reviewed. No registrations will be accepted after the cutoff time.

We require cash, cashier’s check, money order or a check drawn on a Tennessee bank by close of business the day following the sale. No financing is available. We add recording costs to the bid. The sales are advertised in the Murfreesboro DAILY NEWS JOURNAL and the MURFREESBORO POST approximately 20 days prior to the sale.

The taxpayer may pay the amount owed up to 9:00 AM the day of the sale.

The opening bid is the total amount of taxes, penalties and interest, court costs and publication costs due in this office. The exact amount due may be obtained from the Clerk and Master’s office at (615) 898-7860 after the sale advertisement has been run. If there are city taxes or county taxes due that have not been turned over to the office, they will be paid from the proceeds of the sale if there are enough funds left to pay them. If not, those taxes are the responsibility of the purchaser and should be paid as soon as possible.

THE PROPERTY IS SOLD "AS IS." NO ONE FROM THIS OFFICE OR THE COUNTY TAX ATTORNEY'S OFFICE VIEWS THE PROPERTY. A TITLE SEARCH IS PERFORMED, BUT IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONDUCT FURTHER RESEARCH ON A PROPERTY YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BIDDING ON.

The sale is not complete until the Decree Confirming Sale is entered. Purchasers will receive a copy of this decree in the mail once it is signed. Our office will prepare and record the deed at that time.

After the sale a person who is entitled to redeem may redeem the property from the purchaser within (1) one year from the date of the Decree Confirming Sale pursuant to T.C.A. § 67-5-2701(b). The purchaser will be refunded the purchase price plus 12 % per annum, which shall begin to accrue on the date the purchaser pays the purchase price to the clerk and continuing until the motion to redeem is filed. The purchaser will also be reimbursed for any taxes that have been paid since the sale and any additional funds, at the purchaser’s demand, as set forth in T.C.A.§ 67-5-2701(e). We advise that no improvements be made on the property during that year, because you may not be reimbursed for your investment.

THIS INFORMATION IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED UPON AS LEGAL ADVICE. PLEASE CONSULT AN ATTORNEY REGARDING LEGAL QUESTIONS OR CHANGES IN THE LAW.