City of Memphis · Shelby County · Tennessee
Find the right starting point for an assessment, a City or county tax question, an unsafe-housing report, Tennessee transfer tax, or a sale situation. USA Home Buyers buys houses as-is in Memphis and Shelby County, in any condition — no repairs, no cleaning, no cleanout required to sell to us.
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Assessed value, a City tax account, county delinquent taxes, a deed and a court judgment are different records. The offices below handle different parts of that list. Use the property address and the bill or notice in front of you, and ask the office named on it when you need a property-specific answer.
Local offices
City Treasury handles City property-tax accounts; the Assessor handles assessed-value questions; the Trustee handles county tax lookup and tax-sale information. A deed or court judgment is not a tax balance—ask a title professional or attorney which official record applies.
City of Memphis · City property-tax accounts and payments
Use City Treasury for a City of Memphis property-tax bill, payment or account question. This is the City tax route, separate from Shelby County Trustee services.
Property-tax phone: 901-636-7200 · City Hall, 125 N. Main Street, Suite 375, Memphis, TN.
Mail: City of Memphis Treasury, P.O. Box 185, Memphis, TN 38101-0185.
Shelby County · assessed values and assessment records
The City identifies the Shelby County Assessor as the source of certified assessments used for locally assessed City taxes. Assessment questions are different from paying a City tax bill or checking county delinquent taxes.
The City tax page is the verified source for this assessment role; it does not provide a direct Assessor phone number here.
Shelby County · county property-tax lookup and tax-sale information
Use the Trustee for Shelby County property-tax lookup, the county tax-sale schedule and the County Land Bank route. Check the record for the exact property; a City tax account is handled separately by City Treasury.
Phone: 901-222-0200 · P.O. Box 2751, Memphis, TN 38101.
City of Memphis · unsafe-housing reports and City code concerns
Use the City for an unsafe-housing report or a City code-enforcement question. This route is for properties within the City of Memphis; a City report does not determine whether a particular house has an open order.
Phone: 901-636-7464 · 4225 Riverdale Road, Memphis, TN 38141.
A Tennessee closing fact
Tennessee’s realty transfer tax is 37 cents for each $100 of the sale price or the property’s value, whichever is greater. The buyer is responsible for the tax under state law. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including Tennessee's realty transfer tax. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes and share of current property taxes are separate. Ask the title company to show the tax and other property-specific amounts on the closing paperwork.
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The Shelby County Assessor is the source of certified assessments used for locally assessed City taxes. City Treasury handles City of Memphis tax accounts and payments at 901-636-7200. The Shelby County Trustee provides county property-tax lookup and tax-sale information at 901-222-0200. Check the office named on the bill or notice.
Use the Shelby County Trustee tax lookup and tax-sale schedule linked above, or call 901-222-0200. City property-tax questions go to City Treasury at 901-636-7200. The office and record depend on whether the notice is for City or county taxes.
A deed record and a court judgment are different records from an assessed value or tax balance. The City Treasury, Assessor and Trustee routes above do not answer those record questions. Ask a title professional or attorney which official record applies to the property; the Memphis property-liens page covers related sale questions.
For a property within the City of Memphis, contact City Housing and Code Enforcement at 901-636-7464 or use the City Code Enforcement page linked above. The report route does not establish whether a particular address has an open code order.
Tennessee charges realty transfer tax when a deed is recorded, at 37 cents per $100 of the sale price or property value, whichever is greater. When you sell to us, we pay the closing costs, including Tennessee's realty transfer tax. Your mortgage, liens, back taxes and share of current property taxes are separate; ask the title company to show the applicable tax on the closing paperwork.