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In Eagleville, the house may drain to the city sewer, to a STEP tank that sits on your lot under the utility's easement, or to a private septic field - and in a tract the city has taken up, the bedroom count can be tied to STEP capacity - so ask which one you are buying before you sign.
Vanderpool Law closes for the same fee a title company charges, and the attorney at the table represents you. Plain English. A real lawyer in your corner, here in Eagleville.
In short: Vanderpool Law is a law firm and closing attorney for buyers and sellers in Eagleville, Tennessee, with the title services included: the same fee a title company charges, and an attorney who represents you. Send us the contract, ideally before you sign. The contract review is complimentary when we handle your closing - all you have to do is ask.
Three things nobody tells you before a Eagleville closing
- The attorney at a title-company closing does not represent you, and some title companies now have you sign a disclaimer saying so.
- The Tennessee REALTORS contract has a line for the buyer's closing agency and a separate line for the seller's; each side chooses its own.
- A law firm closes for the same fee a title company charges. The difference is who the lawyer works for.
Eagleville at a glance
- County
- Rutherford County - Eagleville is a city with its own City Hall, but deeds, tax bills and probate go through the county seat, Murfreesboro ‡
- Register of Deeds
- Heather Dawbarn, 319 N. Maple Street, Room 133, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 - Monday to Friday, 8:00 to 4:00 ‡
- Recording
- Electronic recording through Simplifile, ePN or CSC; the Register publishes no turnaround time for documents sent on paper ‡
- Transfer tax
- 37 cents per 100 dollars of the price or the value, whichever is greater (Tenn. Code Ann. 67-4-409) ‡
- Home value
- $416,700 median value of owner-occupied homes inside the city (margin of error plus or minus $57,098) - a Census survey of what owners say their homes are worth, 2020-2024, not a sale price ‡
- Population
- 964 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025), up from an April 2020 estimates base of 803 ‡
- Property tax
- One bill from the Rutherford County Trustee covers both city and county tax (since October 2019); 2025 rates per 100 dollars of assessed value: county 1.8762, city 0.4051 ‡
Closing in Eagleville
Maybe it is a house on Highway 99, or a few acres off Allisona Road, and the contract is signed or about to be. It is the Tennessee REALTORS form, written for every town in the state, and it has nothing to say about this one. It will not tell you where the drain line ends, which county the parcel sits in, or what the city has been asked to allow on the open land across the road. In Eagleville each of those can change what the place is worth to you, and each has an answer you can get while the contract still has room to move.
Start with the drain line, because an Eagleville house can send its wastewater three different ways. According to a 2017 Marketplace report, the city's sewer came on line in 2015, built with a federal rural grant and a low-interest loan to reach the main employers and the school; whether your street is on it is a question for the seller and City Hall. Other houses run on STEP - septic tank effluent pumping - and the city's own website sends you to the Consolidated Utility District of Rutherford County to explain it. A STEP house still has a tank in the yard, but the risers and pipes are the utility's, the alarm is the utility's to answer, and the tank's easement may not hold landscaping, a driveway, a sidewalk or a fence. Older and rural houses may still be on private septic. Find out which one you are buying before you sign. On septic, ask for the permit records and order an inspection; on STEP, find the easement on the plat before you price a fence, a pool or a new drive. ‡‡‡‡
The same answer sets what the land can become. Eagleville's zoning ordinance ties the minimum lot to the sewer: in the R-2 district a single-family lot needs 15,000 square feet with public sewer and 20,000 without, and the low-density R-1 district asks for two acres. The council's August 2026 agenda asked to negotiate with the utility district to buy a STEP system, and its September 22 agenda carried a resolution to buy part of a parcel, with American Rescue Plan grant money, for a STEP system in the southern part of the city. An agenda shows what was asked, not what was decided. If your price depends on splitting the tract or putting a second house on it, get the zoning district and the sewer answer from City Hall while you can still renegotiate. ‡‡‡
Next, the county. Eagleville sat in Williamson County until 1877, and the line has not moved far off: in September 2024 the city annexed 68.21 acres and about half a mile of College Grove Road running from the Williamson County line. An Eagleville mailing address does not prove which county the parcel is in, and the county decides where the deed is recorded, who sends the tax bill and whose rules govern the lot. Look the parcel up on the Rutherford County Property Assessor's site before the contract is final. If it is not there, find out which county's office has it - or ask Vanderpool Law to run it down for you. ‡‡‡‡
Eagleville grows mostly by annexation, so if you are buying beside open land, read what the city has been asked to allow on it. The council's April 23, 2026 packet carried an annexation resolution and a zoning ordinance for the Salem Creek Partnership tract at the southwest corner of College Grove Road and Highway 41A, with criteria of its own: two-acre lots, homes of at least 2,500 square feet with three to five bedrooms based on STEP capacity, an association for the common areas, and no lot sold before it can reach the STEP system. On July 23, 2026 the council held a public hearing on another tract, the Moore property. The agendas show what came before the council, not how it voted, so ask City Hall what was adopted. And in a section like that you are buying an association and a utility arrangement along with the lot: get the recorded restrictions and the plat, and read them next to the contract. ‡‡‡
Buying to rent by the night? Stop here before anything else. Eagleville's zoning ordinance lists short-term rentals - stays of fewer than 30 days - among the uses prohibited in the R-1 and R-3 districts. Get the lot's zoning district from City Hall and read the rule before you sign, and if the rental income is how the numbers work, say so when you send the contract to Vanderpool Law, so it is read with that plan in mind. ‡
A garage or pool house that could pass for a second home draws the same kind of attention. In February 2026 the planning commission was asked to put on record that one such building on Highway 99 would never be used for overnight stays, after the owners took a bedroom out of the plans. And if the lot is in a mapped flood zone, one more rule outlives the closing: the city takes part in the National Flood Insurance Program, so a remodel or repair costing half the building's value or more means bringing the whole building up to flood standards. Check the FEMA flood map and get an insurance quote before you make the offer. ‡‡‡
Acreage brings a tax history with it. Greenbelt land is taxed on its use rather than its market value, farm or forest land needs at least 15 acres to qualify, and the status does not carry over - a new owner applies again. When the land stops qualifying, and recording a subdivision plat on it is enough, the county collects three years of the tax savings, five for open space. Settle in the contract who pays that bill. Every Eagleville deed is recorded in Murfreesboro, and the Register's office says it does not do title searches, so the search that clears the title has to come from somewhere else. ‡‡
The neighborhoods of Eagleville
Downtown and Main Street (Highway 41A)
If you are buying a building on Main Street to change it, know that the city treats Highway 41A from about Church Street to Cheatham Springs Road as downtown, zoned C-1, and its design guidelines call for buildings of two stories or less. Any significant change to the outside goes through design review, so ask before the plan becomes part of your price.
College Grove Road and the Salem Creek tract
The city annexed land and part of the road here in 2024, and in 2026 the council took up a tract at Highway 41A with zoning criteria of its own. Buying next to either, find out what was adopted before you set a price.
Highway 99 and New Salem
City agendas put businesses and Eagle View Estates along Highway 99 toward New Salem. Planning a guest suite over the garage? Read the zoning and any recorded restrictions first - the planning commission has already asked about one on this road.
Allisona Road and Cheatham Springs Road
Family tracts here are being divided into two- and three-lot plats through the planning commission. If your lot is one of them, confirm before closing that the plat is approved and recorded and that the lot has its own access.
The south end of the city
The zoning ordinance puts the general industrial district at this end of the city, where new houses are not allowed, and a September 2026 council agenda proposed buying land in the south of the city for a STEP system. Buying a house nearby? Find out what the zoning would let go up next door.
Outside the city limits, inside 37060
An Eagleville mailing address does not tell you the county, or whether the lot is inside the city. Outside the limits, the county - not City Hall - writes the zoning. Pull up the parcel and confirm both before you sign.
Three steps, and the first one is yours
Send us the contract
Signed already or still deciding, send Vanderpool Law the contract on your Eagleville house and ask for a contract review. It is complimentary when we handle your closing; all you have to do is ask.
We read it and tell you what it says
A Tennessee attorney reads it line by line and puts each clause in plain English, so you know what you are agreeing to while there is still time to do something about it.
You close with your lawyer at the table
On closing day, the attorney sitting with you is yours, under a signed engagement letter. You leave closed, understood and represented.
Title services included - and a lawyer who represents you
On a Eagleville closing, Vanderpool Law handles the title work - the title search, the title insurance, the escrow and the closing itself - for the same fee a title company charges. The difference is that we are a law firm, and the lawyer works for you.
- A title company cannot give you legal advice. Tennessee's law on the practice of law ends its first sentence plainly: "nor shall any association or corporation engage in the practice of the law or do law business, or both." ‡
- The attorney at a title company's closing table does not represent you, and some title companies now ask you to sign a disclaimer that says so.
Who pays what at a Tennessee closing
Unless the blanks in your contract say otherwise, this is where each cost lands. Only the transfer tax is set by law; everything else is a line in the contract, and every line can be negotiated - which is why Vanderpool Law wants to read it before you sign.
| Cost | Who pays unless the contract says otherwise |
|---|---|
| Transfer tax on the deed | Buyer - the only closing cost a Tennessee statute assigns ‡‡ |
| Mortgage tax and recording the deed and deed of trust | Buyer ‡ |
| Buyer's closing fee | Buyer ‡ |
| Deed preparation and the seller's closing fee | Seller ‡ |
| Paying off and releasing the seller's mortgage | Seller ‡ |
| Owner's and lender's title insurance | A blank in the contract. Middle Tennessee custom on a resale: the seller pays both; on new construction the buyer usually does ‡‡ |
| Property taxes for the year | Split - prorated to the day of closing ‡ |
| Association dues | Seller, through closing ‡ |
| Agents' commissions | Negotiated - since August 17, 2024, in written agreements and the contract ‡ |
Included with every closing
Four complimentary services — done before you ever sign your contract.
For every buyer. For every seller. All you have to do is ask.
Preliminary Title Search
Run before you sign or list. Catches roughly 95% of title problems while you still have options — not 24 hours before closing, when you don't.
Contract Review
A licensed Tennessee attorney reads it line by line and translates every clause into plain English. So you know exactly what you're signing — before you sign it.
Preliminary Settlement Statement
Every number, days before closing day. No surprises at the table. No "wait, what's this fee?" moments. Just a clear picture, early.
Savings Check
Forward a quote from your lender, inspector, or insurance agent. We'll tell you if it's in line — or worth a second call. We don't sell any of those services. We just know what fair looks like.
Planning what happens to the house? Estate planning in Eagleville →
Why Vanderpool Law, here
- Bring an Eagleville address to Vanderpool Law before you sign, and the first questions are the ones this town turns on: city sewer, STEP or septic, which county the parcel is really in, and whether it lies inside the city limits.
- Buying in a section the city has taken up along College Grove Road, you get the zoning criteria, the association papers and the utility arrangement read by your own lawyer next to the contract, while there is still time to ask for changes.
- Your Eagleville deed goes to the Rutherford County Register in Murfreesboro even though our office is across the line in Franklin, so a lot near the county line gets checked for which county it is really in before anything is drafted.
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Questions people in Eagleville ask us
Is Eagleville, TN in Rutherford County or Williamson County?
The city of Eagleville is in Rutherford County, and has been since 1877, when it moved over from Williamson. A house with an Eagleville address is a separate question: the address does not prove the county. Look the parcel up with the Rutherford County Property Assessor, and if it is not there, find out which county's office has it before you sign. ‡‡‡
Does Eagleville, TN have city sewer, or are homes on septic?
Both, plus a third kind. A 2017 Marketplace report says the city's sewer came on line in 2015. Some newer homes use a STEP system run through the Consolidated Utility District, with a tank on the lot but risers and pipes owned by the utility. Older and rural homes may still be on private septic. Ask which one the house has before you sign; the answer decides which inspection you order and, under the zoning ordinance, how small a lot can be. ‡‡‡
What is a STEP sewer system, and what does it mean for my yard?
STEP is short for septic tank effluent pumping. Wastewater settles in a tank on your lot and is pumped on to a shared treatment field for the neighborhood. When the alarm goes off, the utility district handles it; a problem with no alarm is usually the house's plumbing, and that is yours. The tank has to sit at least ten feet from the property line and from any structure, and its easement must stay clear of landscaping, driveways, sidewalks and fences. Find it on the plat before you design the backyard. ‡‡
When are Eagleville, TN property taxes due, and is there a separate city tax bill?
No separate bill. Since October 2019 the Rutherford County Trustee has collected Eagleville's city tax on the county's bill. It is due the first Monday in October and can be paid without interest through the last day of February. The Tennessee REALTORS contract prorates the year's taxes to the closing date, so on an autumn closing, find out who has already paid before the numbers are final. ‡‡
Are short-term rentals allowed in Eagleville, TN?
Not in every district. The zoning ordinance prohibits short-term rentals - stays of under 30 days - in the R-1 and R-3 residential districts. If nightly rent is part of how you plan to pay for the house, get the lot's zoning district from City Hall and read the rule before you sign, not after you have furnished the place. ‡
What school is an Eagleville, TN house zoned for?
A 2017 news report described the school in Eagleville as a kindergarten-through-twelfth-grade school, and the town is home to Eagleville High School. The zone follows the exact address, though. Check Rutherford County Schools' zone lookup for the street address before you count on what the listing says. ‡‡‡
Does greenbelt status transfer when you buy farmland near Eagleville, TN?
Not on its own. In Rutherford County the new owner must reapply, and farm or forest land needs at least 15 acres. If the land stops qualifying - recording a subdivision plat on it is enough - the Assessor collects the prior three years of tax savings, or five for open space. Write into the contract who pays that rollback before anyone signs. ‡
This month in Eagleville
Updated October 2026
- Eagleville's city tax rides on the Rutherford County bill, payable from the first Monday in October through the last day of February. On a closing this month or next, settle in writing who pays it. ‡
- The September 22, 2026 council agenda carried a resolution to buy part of a parcel with American Rescue Plan grant money for a STEP wastewater system in the south of the city. Buying land down there? Ask City Hall what the council decided. ‡
- The council held a public hearing on July 23, 2026 on annexing and zoning the Moore property, Parcel 120 023.00. Land beside a newly annexed tract can change quickly - ask what is planned before you commit. ‡
- The Rutherford County Clerk keeps hours at Eagleville City Hall on the first working day of each week - handy for tags and titles after you move in. ‡
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This page is general information about Eagleville, Tennessee, not legal advice, and no attorney-client relationship exists until an engagement letter is signed. Figures are as of the dates shown and change.