Making County owned real estate available for acquisition by individuals, companies and organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors through sales and nominal consideration conveyances is a job that keeps the Shelby County Land Bank very busy.  Currently, the Land Bank has available over 4,509 properties of which 462 have residential or commercial improvements thereon.  The majority of these properties were acquired by the County through delinquent taxes.  The rest of the properties were initially purchased by the County for a particular public purpose but have now become