States › Tennessee › Rhea County

County Courthouse
1475 North Market Street
Dayton, TN 37321-1299
Phone: (423)775-7801

Auction Type: Tax Deed Redeemable
Bidding Method: Premium Bid

Tax Sale Overview:

If Rhea 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 Rhea county, Tennessee.

Property taxes that are delinquent are added to any previously uncollected taxes on a parcel of Rhea county. Parcels whose taxes are subject to sale will be advertised in a Rhea 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 Rhea county tax sale auction and is also posted on the Internet.

To solve this problem Rhea county, Tennessee allows investors to pay off these taxes. In exchange the investor receives the Rhea 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 Rhea 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:
Billy Patton	County Executive
Jimmy Barnes	Commissioner
Terry Broyles	Commissioner
Thomas Davis	Commissioner
Harold Fisher	Commissioner
Ronnie Raper	Commissioner
Richard Tallent	Commissioner
Dennis Tumlin	Commissioner
Bradley Varner	Commissioner
Mike Neal	Sheriff
Freddie Morgan	Trustee
Julene Purser	Assessor of Property
Linda Shaver	County Clerk
Gladys Best	Register of Deeds
John Fine	Clerk & Master

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