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Facing foreclosure in Carter County? Keep your equity.

If your home in Elizabethton or elsewhere in Carter County is headed toward a trustee sale, here is exactly how the process works locally, and the option most homeowners never hear about: selling before the sale to protect the equity that the courthouse auction would erase.

By Patrick Yuri Armour, Licensed Tennessee Auctioneer·Updated July 2026

Where a trustee sale happens in Carter County

A Tennessee trustee sale is a public auction, and in Carter County it is held at the front entrance of the Carter County Courthouse at 801 East Elk Avenue in Elizabethton.[1]

Sale location
Carter County Courthouse
801 East Elk Avenue, Elizabethton, TN 37643

The exact date, time, and terms for any specific sale are set in that property's published notice, not by a fixed schedule. Always confirm against the current notice.

Where foreclosure notices are published

Tennessee law requires the sale to be advertised before it happens. In Carter County, foreclosure and trustee-sale notices run in Elizabethton Star and Johnson City Press.[2] As of a 2025 change in the law, the notice must also be posted online for at least 20 continuous days. If you think a sale may be scheduled on your home, these are where it would appear.

Surplus funds, redemption, and records

If a Carter County home sells for more than the debt, the extra (surplus funds) belongs to the junior lienholders and then the former owner. The office that handles disputed surplus and the related records:

Surplus / chancery
Carter County Clerk & Master, (423) 542-1801
Property records
Carter County Register of Deeds, (423) 542-1801

Office details verified from the county government website.[3]

Why this matters in Carter County

For a Carter County homeowner with equity, a trustee sale can erase it for the loan balance in about sixty seconds.

If you have equity and any time before the sale, selling on your own terms, through a marketed auction that still beats the deadline, usually keeps far more of your money than doing nothing or taking the first cash offer. That is what FALCO helps Carter County homeowners do, at no cost to you.

How FALCO helps

FALCO routes Carter County homes to licensed Tennessee auction firms that market the property to real competing buyers on a compressed timeline. The buyer pays the fee. You keep the equity.

Carter County homeowners

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Within one business day we'll show you what your Elizabethton-area home would likely clear at a marketed auction versus what happens at the trustee sale. No cost, no pressure, no obligation to sell.

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This page is general information about foreclosure in Carter County, Tennessee, not legal, tax, or financial advice, and not a promise about any outcome. Sale locations, times, and publications are set in each property's official notice and can change; always confirm against the current notice and the county. FALCO is not a government agency and is not affiliated with, or approved by, any government program or your mortgage lender. FALCO does not buy your home, does not charge homeowners or take upfront fees, and does not promise to stop, delay, or cure any foreclosure.

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