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City County Building Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable |
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Tax Sale Overview:
If Knox county, Tennessee is unable to collect real estate property taxes they are also unable to provide important government services like police protection, public schooling and medical services.
Unpaid property taxes create a serious cashflow problem for Knox county, Tennessee.
Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Knox county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Knox county newspaper of general circulation. They are listed by sequence number. Parcels fall into 1 of 2 groups. Each group is sorted by parcel number.
The advertisement appears about three to six weeks before the Knox county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.
To solve this problem Knox county, Tennessee allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Knox county, Tennessee lien for taxes. A tax lien is simply a claim for delinquent taxes.
Why would investors do this?
Well, depending on Tennessee laws and competition, savvy Knox county tax sale investors can realize high-yielding returns with Tennessee tax lien certificates and/or purchase real estate for a fraction of its true market value with Tennessee tax deeds.
Elected Public Officials:
| Name: | Position: | Email: |
| Mike Ragsdale | County Mayor | |
| Mark Cawood | Commissioner, District 6 | |
| Larry Clark | Commissioner, District 9 | |
| David Collins | Commissioner, District 2 | dcollins@mhminc.com |
| John Griess | Commissioner, District 5 | |
| Phil Guthe | Commissioner, District 4 | |
| Mike Hammond | Commissioner | mike.hammond@citcomm.com |
| Ivan Harmon | Commissioner, District 3 | iharmon@esper.com |
| Mary Lou Horner | Commissioner, District 7 | knoxcom@esper.com |
| Diane Jordan | Commissioner, District 1 | |
| Craig Leuthold | Commissioner | |
| Michael McMillan | Commissioner, District 8 | |
| John Mills | Commissioner, District 8 | |
| Wanda Moody | Commissioner, District 3 | wmoody@esper.com |
| Scott Moore | Commissioner, District 7 | |
| Paul Pinkston | Commissioner | |
| John Schmid | Commissioner, District 4 | |
| Larry Stephens | Commissioner, District 6 | |
| Thomas Strickland | Commissioner, District 1 | knoxcom@esper.com |
| Billy Tindell | Commissioner, District 2 | |
| Tim Hutchison | Sheriff | |
| Mike Lowe | Trustee | |
| John Whitehead | Assessor of Property | |
| William Padgett | County Clerk | |
| Steve Hall | Register of Deeds | |
| Howard Hogan | Clerk & Master | |
| Martha Phillips | Criminal Court Clerk |
Please contact the county to get the most current information. To report any errors, updates, deletions or additions click here.
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