Closing Attorney & Title Services in Nolensville, TN
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Buying · Selling · Nolensville, Tennessee
A Nolensville address can sit in Williamson County or in Davidson, on Brentwood's sewer or Metro's, well above Mill Creek or close beside it - and the contract will not tell you which, so look it up 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 Nolensville.
In short: Vanderpool Law is a law firm and closing attorney for buyers and sellers in Nolensville, 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 Nolensville 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.
Nolensville at a glance
- County
- Williamson County (seat: Franklin) - but the 37135 mailing address also reaches into Davidson County ‡
- Register of Deeds
- Sherry Anderson, Williamson County Register, 1320 West Main St., Suite 201, Franklin, TN 37064 (a Davidson County parcel records in Nashville instead) ‡
- Recording
- Williamson accepts e-recording through CSC, Erecording Partners Network, Indecomm and Simplifile; it publishes no turnaround time ‡
- Transfer tax
- 37 cents per 100 dollars of the price or the value, whichever is greater (Tenn. Code Ann. 67-4-409) - the same on both sides of the county line ‡
- Property tax
- Town of Nolensville rate $0.34 per $100 of assessed value; combined town and county rate $1.64 (Williamson County 2026 rate table) ‡
- Median sale price
- $929,385 in August 2026, down 7.1% from a year earlier (Redfin, all home types) ‡
- Population
- 15,789 (Census estimate, July 1, 2025) ‡
Closing in Nolensville
Chances are you found the house online, your agent filled in the contract, and everyone involved calls it Nolensville. That one word covers more ground than it seems to. The 2000 census counted about 3,100 people in the town; the Census Bureau's latest estimate is close to 15,800. A place that grows that fast leaves seams, and buyers land on them: which county the lot is in, whose pipe takes the sewer, how near the yard comes to Mill Creek. The purchase agreement is silent on all three. Each is cheap to find out before you sign and costly to discover after. Buying your first home? The road from offer to keys →
Start with the county, because the mailing address will not settle it. 37135 is a postal route, not a town boundary, and realtors who sell along its northern edge report that it reaches into Davidson County; Burkitt Village is the neighborhood they point to, with most of its homes on the Davidson side. Do not take a listing's word for the house you want. Look the parcel up - the town's interactive maps are a place to start - and have your agent confirm the county in writing before you make an offer. The answer decides where the deed gets recorded, Franklin or downtown Nashville, which school system the house belongs to, and whether the Town of Nolensville's property tax is on the bill at all. Better to learn it from a map now than at a school's front desk after closing. ‡‡‡‡ New to buying in Tennessee? Offer to keys, step by step →
Mill Creek winds through town, and it has come over its banks more than once. At the National Weather Service gauge in Nolensville the record crest is 22.56 feet, from May 2010; on September 13, 2020 the creek rose to 19.53 feet, the second-highest reading taken there. FEMA's flood maps for Nolensville changed on February 26, 2021, so a seller's old elevation certificate, or a flood letter from the last sale, may be describing a map that no longer applies. Type the address into FEMA's Flood Map Service Center yourself and get a flood insurance quote while the offer is still yours to withdraw. If a lender ends up requiring that coverage, you want to have known its price before you agreed to yours. ‡‡‡‡
Here is the one that catches people off guard: whoever sends the water bill may not be the one taking the sewage. The Nolensville/College Grove Utility District sells water and nothing else, and it says sewer in its area comes from either the City of Brentwood or Metro Nashville. In late 2024 the Town Manager said Metro's line near Kidd Road was running at about 80 percent of capacity, which slowed new connections, and Metro has a project on its books to replace about five miles of main along Mill Creek between November 2026 and November 2028. On a resale, find out who bills the sewer before closing. On a lot, or a house in a section still going up, get it in writing that sewer service is secured for that specific lot. Close on a connection, never on a promise of one. ‡‡‡
Many Nolensville houses are new or close to it - Scales Farmstead, for one, went up in phases between 2017 and 2023 - and buying from a builder is a different transaction from buying from a family. Ask whether the builder has recorded a Notice of Completion with the Register of Deeds. Under Tennessee law that notice shortens the window unpaid subcontractors and suppliers have to give notice of a lien, and your title commitment should show any lien already on record. If the sales office hands you its own purchase agreement instead of the Tennessee REALTORS form, read it for what it is: a document the seller's side wrote, every blank and every default chosen with the seller in mind. That is the contract to put in front of your own lawyer before the earnest money leaves your account. ‡‡‡ What a title policy protects, and where it stops →
Two last items for the list. If the house is in the old village along Nolensville Road, check whether it falls inside the town's Historic District Overlay. Inside it, most exterior work - an addition, new construction, demolition, a fence, siding or roofing that goes beyond in-kind repair - needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Zoning Commission before it starts. Buying an older place in order to change it? Ask the town what it will approve while you can still say no to the house. And when the deed is recorded, Tennessee's transfer tax is 37 cents for each 100 dollars of the price or the value, whichever is greater, at the same rate on either side of the county line, and the standard Tennessee REALTORS agreement puts it on the buyer. Count it in your cash to close. ‡‡‡ Who pays which closing costs in Tennessee → Who pays for title insurance →
The neighborhoods of Nolensville
The village center and Historic District Overlay
Looking along Nolensville Road in the old village? Ask first whether the house is inside the Historic District Overlay, because exterior changes there wait on the Historic Zoning Commission. Look across the road too: in February 2024 the town approved a 27-acre town square on the west side of Nolensville Road, south of Rocky Fork Road, so find out what is planned beside the house you are buying.
Bent Creek
Single-family homes, attached homes and a 55-and-older section, The Cottages at Bent Creek, where the association fee covers lawn care, all built between 2005 and about 2020. Dues are not the same across the community, so learn which section the house is in and get that section's numbers before you sign.
Ballenger Farms
Beazer Homes built it in phases from about 2004 to 2012, with entrances off Ballenger Drive and off Rocky Fork and Newsome Lane, and walking trails and open space where some neighborhoods would put a pool. Buyers like its shorter list of association rules. Shorter is not none; read them before they bind you.
Scales Farmstead
Roughly 222 homes off Sunset Road, built in phases by three builders from 2017 to 2023. A realtor's guide puts it in the Jordan Elementary and Sunset Middle zones rather than the village schools - reason enough to look the zone up by street address yourself.
Silver Stream Farm
In 2019 the Williamson County school board moved about 200 students who live here from Mill Creek Elementary to Nolensville Elementary - the neighborhood's second rezoning in less than five years. If one particular school is why you are buying, allow for the line moving again.
Catalina
Half-acre homesites off Rocky Fork Road, built in six phases from about 2009 to 2019, all on public sewer. Some phases pay association dues monthly and others quarterly; get the schedule for the lot you are buying before you sign, not on closing day.
Burkitt Village (Davidson County side)
Homes built from about 2016 to 2021 with a Nolensville mailing address - and, by realtors' accounts, mostly on the Davidson County side of the line. Look up the parcel before you compare prices with houses a mile south. A Davidson County deed records with the Register in Nashville, and the same realtor guide puts most homes in Metro Nashville school zones.
Three steps, and the first one is yours
Send us the contract
Signed already or still deciding, send Vanderpool Law the contract on your Nolensville 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 Nolensville 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 Nolensville →
Why Vanderpool Law, here
- Before you make an offer, ask Vanderpool Law which county the Nolensville parcel sits in and which Register will record your deed - Franklin or Nashville - so the schools and the tax bill match what you were told.
- Your Nolensville contract may hinge on a builder's form, a sewer connection or a lot near Mill Creek; have Vanderpool Law read it with all three in mind while the terms can still change.
- You can bring a question about an old plat or a recorded easement to an office in Franklin, a short drive from Nolensville and from the Williamson County Register on West Main Street, and talk it through face to face.
Vanderpool Law · 256 Seaboard Lane G-104, Franklin, TN 37067 · Call the office
Questions people in Nolensville ask us
Is Nolensville TN in Williamson County or Davidson County?
The Town of Nolensville is in Williamson County, south of Nashville. The 37135 mailing address is a different thing: realtors working the area report that it reaches into Davidson County, and Burkitt Village is the neighborhood usually named, most of it on the Davidson side. Because the county decides where the deed records, which school system serves the house and whether the town's tax applies, look up the parcel's county before you write the offer instead of trusting the address. ‡‡‡
Does Mill Creek flood in Nolensville TN?
Yes, it has. The record crest at the Nolensville gauge is 22.56 feet, set in May 2010, and on September 13, 2020 the creek reached 19.53 feet, its second-highest. FEMA's current flood maps for the town date from February 2021. Before you make an offer, check the exact lot in FEMA's Flood Map Service Center and ask an insurance agent for a flood quote. ‡‡‡‡
Who provides sewer service in Nolensville TN?
That depends on where the house is. The Nolensville/College Grove Utility District supplies water but not sewer; sewer comes from the City of Brentwood or from Metro Nashville. Metro has reported capacity limits on its line along Nolensville Road and plans to replace about five miles of main along Mill Creek from November 2026 through November 2028. Buying a resale? Find out who sends the sewer bill. Buying a lot, or a house still under construction? Get written confirmation of the connection before closing. ‡‡‡‡
What is the property tax rate in Nolensville TN?
Williamson County's 2026 rate table lists the Town of Nolensville at 34 cents per 100 dollars of assessed value, and the town and county together at 1 dollar 64 cents. If the parcel turns out to be on the Davidson County side of a Nolensville address, it is outside the town limits and the town rate does not apply. Williamson bills go out in early October and are due by February 28. The Tennessee REALTORS contract prorates the year's taxes at closing, so on a fall sale, settle who pays the bill that just came in. ‡‡‡‡
Can I build an addition on an older house in downtown Nolensville?
Often you can, but ask first if the house is inside the town's Historic District Overlay. There, most exterior changes - additions, new construction, demolition, fences and walls, siding or roofing beyond in-kind repair - need a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Historic Zoning Commission. If the addition is part of the reason you want the house, put the question to the town, and ask Vanderpool Law to read the contract, before you sign. ‡
What school zone is my Nolensville TN address in?
Look it up by street address - not by neighborhood name, and not by ZIP code. Inside the town, a realtor's guide places Scales Farmstead in the Jordan Elementary and Sunset Middle zones while other neighborhoods feed Nolensville Elementary and Mill Creek Middle, and in 2019 the school board moved about 200 Silver Stream Farm students from one elementary to another. Nolensville addresses on the Davidson side are reported to be zoned for Metro Nashville schools. Use the school district's own zoning lookup before you sign. ‡‡‡
This month in Nolensville
Updated October 2026
- Williamson County mails property tax bills in early October; they are due by February 28, and interest starts March 1. Closing on a Nolensville house this fall? Decide in writing whether you or the other side pays the one already in the mailbox. ‡
- Metro Water Services plans to begin replacing about five miles of sewer main along Mill Creek in November 2026, with work running to November 2028 along the creek rather than in the roads. Buying a house near the creek? Ask whether the work will pass close to the lot. ‡
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This page is general information about Nolensville, 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.