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Henry County authorizes quitclaim offers of $500 for several Brewer Street delinquent-tax parcels
Summary
The commission authorized the mayor to accept $500 quitclaim offers (plus closing costs) for five delinquent-tax parcels on N. Brewer Street from Chelsea Mangrum, subject to required publication and higher-bid procedures under Tenn. Code. The Delinquent Tax Committee recommended approval; the vote was unanimous.
Henry County commissioners voted Sept. 16 to authorize the County Mayor to accept offers of $500 plus closing costs from Chelsea Mangrum for several delinquent-tax parcels along N. Brewer Street (Map 095P Parcels 7.00, 15.00, 47.00, 49.00, 55.01). Commissioner Paul Neal moved the action and Commissioner David Hayes seconded; the motion carried on a recorded voice vote of 15–0.
The resolution (3-9-24) and accompanying offer forms were entered into the record. Each offer form recites standard quitclaim-sale procedures required by Tenn. Code Ann. §67-5-2507: a 90-day irrevocable offer; a $500 deposit; publication of the conditional acceptance and a 10-day competing-bid window (with final auction if higher bids are received); and conveyance by quitclaim deed conveyed "as is, where is" with exceptions for public easements. The Delinquent Tax Committee recommended authority for the County Mayor to accept the minimum offers subject to publication and the statutory competing-bid process.
The county attorney's terms and the resolution emphasize that the sales are authorized because the listed parcels "cannot be sold for the accumulated total of taxes, interest, penalties and costs against them," and the sales aim to return parcels to taxable use and reduce county maintenance liability. Per the resolution, the mayor is authorized to complete the sales after required notice if no higher bids are received.
