Tennessee Code Title 7. Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities § 7-32-139

Whenever such proceedings taken by any such city or town result in the sale of any lot of ground to pay any installment or installments of such levies or assessments, the mayor of such city or town shall have the right to bid at such sale up to the amount of all of the assessments that are outstanding against the property. If the property is struck off to the mayor, the title of the property shall be taken in the name of the municipality. The mayor shall thereafter have the power to execute a quitclaim deed of such city to any individual who tenders in consideration of the quitclaim deed the amount of such special assessments that may have been levied against such property, together with all costs, interest, or charges that may have been incurred in the effort to collect such assessments.